NASA has abandoned plans to return to the Moon but videogamers can explore the lunar landscape with a free new online game released by the US space agency. "Moonbase Alpha" allows players to join an ...

Back in 2010, NASA made a video game. It was called Moonbase Alpha, and it was meant to simulate what it would actually be like to maintain a lunar colony. Just two weeks after its launch, however, ...

While NASA might not be returning to the real moon any time soon, the virtual moon is anyone’s game in Moonbase Alpha, a multiplayer lunar exploration adventure game, now available for free download ...

Would you like to travel to the Moon, set up a permanent base, and defend it against mutant zombies mind-controlled by the nazis who escaped Earth using UFOs back in ...

It's a sad fact that, despite the daydreams of millions of children worldwide, the jobs which we want to do when we're young actually turn out to be pretty tedious. Take train driving, for example - ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

If you've ever wanted to explore space and didn't have the $20 million to make the trip yourself, we've got some good news. Moonbase Alpha, a NASA-sponsored educational "exploration game" developed by ...

Each stage of the repairs gradually increases the survivability of the life-support modules, but leave the power couplings too long and their condition will deteriorate, eventually resulting in them ...

Earth's Space Research Centre on the Moon, Moonbase Alpha, began construction in 1983 in the crater Plato, and, despite a hiatus necessitated by the outbreak of world war in 1987, was eventually ...