Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute

CAPSTONE Launches to Test New Orbit for NASA’s Artemis Moon Missions

CAPSTONE will provide data about operating in a near rectilinear halo orbit and showcase key technologies.

NASA Announces Artemis Concept Awards for Nuclear Power on Moon

NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) are working to advance space fission surface power systems on the Moon to benefit future exploration under Artemis.

LunGradCon 2022 To Provide Additional Opportunities for Students

LunGradCon provides an opportunity for grad students and early-career postdocs to network and present their research to their peers.

NASA Selects New Instruments for Priority Artemis Science on Moon

NASA has selected two new science instrument suites, including one that will study the mysterious Gruithuisen Domes for the first time.

NASA Partners with Industry for New Spacewalking, Moonwalking Services

NASA and its partners are developing advanced, reliable spacesuits that will allow humans to explore the cosmos like never before.

NASA-Supported Solar Sail Could Take Science to New Heights

The NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts program helps to unlock visionary ideas – like novel solar sails – and bring them closer to reality.

NASA Seeks Input on Moon to Mars Objectives, Comments Due May 31

NASA is calling for input on exploration objectives related to Artemis and human exploration of Mars.

2022 Post-Doctoral Fellowship Opportunity: Geophysical Techniques for Off-World Resource Surveys

USGS is partnering with NASA and the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (OUSD) for Research and Engineering to increase capabilities in off-world resource surveying.

The $93-billion plan to put astronauts back on the Moon

The world’s most powerful rocket will make a trip around the Moon in 2022 — a step towards landing people there in 2025, and part of the US Artemis program.