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A high-performance computer from HPE will run large language models on the lunar surface for the first time, testing AI-driven autonomy in extreme space conditions.

Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen fly around the Moon, Glover delivers powerfully inspiring Easter message.

Over more than 50 years, each new presidential administration has reassessed the place of spaceflight among its priorities, either encouraging or curtailing the return to the Moon.

The U.S. is committing to the steady, repeatable work of building a lasting foothold on the Moon, and redefining humanity’s relationship with space itself.

NASA’a bold new plan to accelerate the Artemis program, build a Moonbase, and move on to Mars and the planets.

This test flight encourages optimism in the future of spaceflight. In the near term, the "West" could continue to lead the race to the Moon and the planets; in the long term, we could become a multi-planetary species.

So it’s happening: we are going back to the Moon. We are beginning our expansion into outer space. But why is this so important?

At the Moon’s South Pole, the terrain itself can cause communication disruptions. AI is needed for autonomy.

This is a different kind of Moon race, one defined less by singular achievements and more by sustained presence and partnerships.

How to return to the Moon sustainably, how to establish a permanent US presence on the lunar surface, and how to beat China in this new race to the Moon, and NASA leadership, continues to be intensely debated in the US. This post chronicles some recent twists and turns of the overall story.