August full moon 2022 guide: The Sturgeon Moon

NASA halts human moon lander work with SpaceX amid Blue Origin lawsuit

Japan aims to bring back soil samples from Mars moon by 2029. JAXA, plans to launch an explorer in 2024 to land on the Martian moon Phobos to collect 10 grams of soil and bring it back to Earth in 2029. The rapid return trip would put Japan ahead of the US and China in bringing back samples.

NASA awards $500,000 to develop moon-mining tech