NASA tests hybrid rocket motor to improve safe lunar landings

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 28, 2025

NASA's Artemis program will rely on human landing systems developed by SpaceX and Blue Origin to ferry astronauts between lunar orbit and the Moon's surface, paving the way for future crewed missions to Mars. During these critical landings and takeoffs, rocket plumes will disrupt the lunar surface, affecting the fragile regolith layer by creating craters and ejecting debris at high speeds.