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* ![NASA Orion Abort Test](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt23165f86a69feaa2/6989ff7a929fad42efbf48ce/nasa-orion-abort-test.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 2, 2019  
## [With NASA's Orion Abort-System Test, Americans Just Took a Small (and Very Big) Step Closer to the Moon](https://time.com/5618252/nasa-orion-abort-test/)  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)  
by Jeffrey Kluger
* ![A picture of the moon](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt939376dd55f5ac0d/69894b1316d88455c5c35386/india-moon-mission.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 12, 2019  
## [India Plans to Launch Moon Mission in July](https://time.com/5605359/india-chandrayaan-moon-rover-mission/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Bloomberg
* ![Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos gives an update on their progress and share their vision of going to space to benefit Earth.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt346aa95761dca695/698949bd929fad7adabf32f6/bezos-blue-origin.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 10, 2019  
## [Bezos Targets the Moon by 2024](https://time.com/5587227/jeff-bezos-amazon-moon-blue-origin/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Jeffrey Kluger
* ![NASA Return Trip Moon](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb8d97832bc4f3f9c/698935ae929fad3b26bf11b6/outerspace-moon-united-states-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 19, 2018  
## [NASA Could Have People Living on the Moon in 8 Years. And That's Just the Beginning](https://time.com/5342743/nasa-moon-mars/)  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)  
by Jeffrey Kluger
* ![Strawberry Moon rises over New York City](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6d9f7ecab1375f48/69893404656a3fbf26bd4cf7/gettyimages-694700326.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 27, 2018  
## [Here's the Best Time to See the One-and-Only Strawberry Moon of 2018](https://time.com/5324054/strawberry-moon-2018-what-time/)  
by Megan McCluskey  
* ![President Trump Participates In Signing Of Space Policy Directive](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5a3d0b74e1d39449/6988f4aadb2987972e25e09e/donald-trump-nasa-astronauts-moon.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 11, 2017  
## [Trump Wants to Send Astronauts Back to the Moon. Will That Really Happen?](https://time.com/5059029/trump-astronauts-moon/)  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)  
by Jeffrey Kluger
* ![International Space Station transits the moon](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0c3e7d45b9d2b9f1/6988e2c886f68e37786e6f01/gettyimages-664320254.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 20, 2017  
## [There's a Cave on the Moon Large Enough For a Future Colony](https://time.com/4990676/moon-cave-base-lunar-colony-exploration/)  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)  
by Eli Meixler
* ![President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump wear protective glasses as they view the solar eclipse at the White House in Washington on Aug. 21, 2017.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6808d6763a81770f/6988da7dab6d774e826af7ad/washington-dc-solar-eclipse-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 24, 2017  
## [Trump's Anti-Obama Eclipse Meme Doesn't Make Scientific Sense](https://time.com/4914037/donald-trump-barack-obama-eclipse-meme/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Jeffrey Kluger
* ![Buzz Aldrin: Cycling Pathways to Mars poster](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7d2b71768aff9eb5/6988becfcf40a8f8acc46e01/buzz-aldrin-virtual-reality-mars-poster.jpg?branch=production&width=750&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 17, 2017  
## [See Buzz Aldrin's Plan to Colonize Mars in Virtual Reality](https://time.com/4702519/buzz-aldrin-virtual-reality/)  
[BUSINESS](/section/business/)  
by TIME Staff
* ![Sweet ride: The interior of SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft. For the first moon mission only two seats would be filled.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdcf0c62db482526f/6988bc5e8fd2eee951355f71/dragon-v2-interior-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 28, 2017  
## [Elon Musk's Moon Mission Is Exciting, Audacious ... and Iffy](https://time.com/4685387/spacex-elon-musk-moon/)  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)  
by Jeffrey Kluger  
* ![The Cold Moon Rises Over Cornwall](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5c3990d5ddf81d4b/6988b9a3a988ca17376baf1b/full-moon.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 9, 2017  
## [Here's How to Watch a Full Moon, Lunar Eclipse and Comet Light Up the Sky on Friday](https://time.com/4666332/full-moon-lunar-eclipse-comet-watch/)  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)  
by Abigail Abrams
* ![Prime real estate: a shovel-ready site if ever there was one](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7f938e7944c2c53d/6988b70d524fc07e82dfad8d/moon.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 24, 2017  
## [Why Donald Trump Could — and Should — Return Americans to the Moon](https://time.com/4645083/donald-trump-return-americans-moon/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Jeffrey Kluger
* ![Wounded warrior: The moon has had a very rough life](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0641e112418ba97e/6988b527656a3f39b3bce5a4/as11-44-6609-orig.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 11, 2017  
## [The Moon May Once Have Been Many Moons](https://time.com/4631391/moon-origin-formation/)  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)  
by Jeffrey Kluger
* ![The Earth and the moon, as seen from Mars, via a composite image from four sets of images from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment \(HiRISE\) camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, captured on Nov. 20, 2016. Each image was processed separately prior to combining to ensure the moon is visible, and retains the correct sizes and positions of both relative to each other.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt323ee96edb4950a5/6988b4adfb4eac657e89052d/earth-moon-mars.jpg?branch=production&width=750&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 7, 2017  
## [See the Earth and Moon from Mars in New NASA Image](https://time.com/4626693/earth-moon-from-mars-nasa-image/)  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)  
by TIME Photo
* ![This image of the Orion Nebula star-formation region was obtained from multiple exposures using the HAWK-I infrared camera on ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt901e791c1d8148c8/6988a7c8cf40a85aabc44f7f/space-14.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 16, 2016  
## [The Best Space Photos of 2016](https://time.com/4510266/best-space-photos-2016/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by TIME Photo and Kim Bubello

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