An engineering development version of the NASA rovers currently operating on Mars takes a spin at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California. (NASA via YouTube) NASA is considering repurposing an engineering development version of the nuclear-powered Mars rovers for a different destination: the moon’s south polar region.

It’s sometimes easy to overlook the fact that the International Space Station (ISS) is a giant lab where scientists study everything from biology to physics—but in space. This extraordinary resource makes extraordinary research possible—like creating a fifth state of matter in space.

A preliminary satellite assessment by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration estimated that 58,870 buildings were damaged or destroyed after the twin earthquakes that struck Venezuela on June 24.

NASA on Tuesday announced it had selected Astrobotic, which is set to be acquired by Voyager Technologies, along with Firefly Aerospace and Intuitive Machines for four robotic deliveries to the lunar surface in late 2028,

As part of plans to establish a lunar base, the space agency may send to the moon a spare test version of the rover — as well as a soccer ball.

NASA selected three more companies to send robotic landers to the moon as part of efforts to establish a lunar base before the end of the decade.

WASHINGTON, June 30 (Reuters) - NASA administrator Jared Isaacman on Tuesday said three companies — Astrobotic, Firefly Aerospace and Intuitive Machines — were awarded contracts to send more uncrewed lunar landers to the moon's surface under the agency's Artemis moonbase project.

Building a moon base has been atop NASA’s to-do list. The agency doled out new contracts to help inform how to set up the lunar outpost. Firefly Aerospace, Intuitive Machines and Astrobotic won awards to ferry an identical set of payloads to the lunar surface by the end of 2028.