American space agency NASA has updated plans for a permanent moon base, with a multi-phased plan culminating in "semi-permanent habitation models". More about NASA says "living and working on the moon will become reality" after 2032
American architecture studio ZGF's building in Los Angeles is complete with a full-size space shuttle "in launch position" wrapped in a stainless steel cylinder. More about ZGF wraps space shuttle in stainless-steel tower for California Science Center
Despite last-minute setbacks, NASA hopes that the Orion spacecraft will soon take four people on the furthest journey in the history of humankind. In this interview, one of the vehicle's designers explains how it was made. More about "They'll be flying in our baby" says Artemis II spaceship's architect
Aidan Meller and his AI-powered creation Ai-Da are exhibiting what they believe to be the first building concept designed by a humanoid robot, currently on display at Denmark's Utzon Center. More about Home designed by humanoid robot goes on display in Denmark
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features designs for a hotel on the moon. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features plans for "the first hotel on the Moon"
San Francisco start-up GRU Space has released plans for a hotel on the moon clad in lunar regolith bricks that it claims will be "the first ever permanent off-Earth structure built in history" if completed. More about GRU Space announces designs for "the first hotel on the Moon"
Two sculptural metal speakers made from a disused rocket fuel tank to reference the debris "floating in outer space" have been unveiled at this year's Designart Tokyo. More about Nomura and &Space Project launch Debris speakers made from space rocket fuel tank
Aerospace company Vast has worked with interiors studio Civilian to bring a human-centred feel to its Californian headquarters, which incorporates a mission control centre and clean room dedicated to the building of space stations. More about Civilian designs workplace with mission control centre for space company Vast
Astronauts could have a more joyful, Earth-like dining experience using Latvian designer Klinta Locmele's Zero collection of microgravity tableware made for eating in space. More about Microgravity tableware brings gastronomic pleasure to space
Brooklyn company Airco has teamed up with design studio Mythology to create a New York concept shop featuring a freeze-dried sandwich, space gear and a motorbike to showcase different aspects of carbon conversion technology. More about Airco creates pop-up store with futuristic pumping station to promote carbon conversion
Copenhagen design studio SAGA has completed a four-bedroom astronaut training facility for the European Space Agency that will be used to train American and European space professionals for habitation on the moon. More about SAGA completes astronaut training habitat to simulate life on the moon
UK architecture studio Foster + Partners has released designs of a solar panel-lined tower for use on the moon as part of a project with NASA and 3D printing studio Branch Technology. More about Foster + Partners designs 50-metre-tall "solar energy tower" for moon infrastructure
A lunar lander designed by space exploration company Intuitive Machines began a mission to the moon, carrying objects such as a BIG-designed data centre and a protective material by sportswear company Columbia for testing. More about BIG-designed hard drive launches to the moon on SpaceX rocket
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features China's plan to launch a solar farm into space. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features plans for a one-kilometre-wide solar farm in space
The computer interface of NASA's 1960s Apollo spacecraft is meticulously replicated in miniature in the DSKY Moonwatch, a multifunctional timepiece created by British start-up Apollo Instruments. More about DSKY Moonwatch brings mini Apollo space computer to people's wrists
Construction of a giant celestial solar farm is underway in China, with a scale comparable to creating a "Three Gorges Dam project above the Earth". More about China to launch one-kilometre-wide solar farm into space
As NASA prepares to send astronauts back to the moon in 2027, the US space agency is already thinking about how lunar resources could be exploited for commercial purposes, architecture strategist Nujoud Merancy reveals in this interview. More about Permanent buildings will be on the moon "within the next few decades" says NASA's Nujoud Merancy
This month's Dezeen In Depth newsletter reports on the developing field of space architecture and features an interview with Stirling shortlisted Clementine Blakemore. Subscribe to Dezeen in Depth today! More about Dezeen In Depth probes the developing field of space architecture
Fashion house Prada and aerospace company Axiom Space have revealed their design for NASA's Artemis III spacesuit, set to be worn by the first astronauts to return to the surface of the moon in over 50 years. More about Prada and Axiom Space reveal spacesuits for next lunar landing
This week, leading figures in space architecture will descend on Milan to formally establish the discipline for the first time. Ellen Eberhardt explores what's at stake. More about Space architects are preparing for humanity's return to the moon