NASA has awarded major contracts for lunar rovers, landers, and cargo missions as plans for a permanent Moon base move closer to reality.

A retro-futuristic space truck and a nimble crustacean on wheels just won a competition to deploy on a future NASA Artemis mission. And we took them out for a spin.

GM is a subcontractor in the development of the highly advanced “Eagle” Lunar Terrain Vehicle that uses technology shared with GM’s Earth vehicles.

NASA officials announced contract awards for the initial elements of a lunar base on Tuesday, including two rovers that will provide mobility to astronauts. With the series of announcements, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman sought to maintain momentum around a Moon Base initiative revealed two months ago as part of the space agency’s return to the Moon.

Firefly’s Elytra spacecraft will deploy four drones over the lunar south pole to support NASA’s MoonFall mission and broader Moon Base initiatives.

The first missions toward building a base on the moon will launch before the end of the year, NASA leaders announced Tuesday. “We are leveraging the NASA playbook from the 1960s, figuring out what works and what doesn’t in this epic science of survival ...

A University of Michigan alum is one of four astronauts selected for NASA's Artemis III mission. Test engineer and Coast Guard Reserve Commander Andre Douglas, who earned master's degrees in mechanical engineering as well as naval architecture and marine engineering from UM,