Two research teams have identified possible landing sites for Luna 9, the first human-made object to safely reach the lunar ...

Japanese lunar company ispace said work on a new engine for its lunar landers is facing delays and that it is keeping open ...

Only one of these patches of lunar plain can be Luna 9’s actual landing site – and there’s no guarantee that either of them is. But the search is oddly compelling.

Data from a NASA lunar orbiter has helped researchers deduce two potential locations for a defunct Soviet spacecraft called Luna 9 ...

The lander became the first spacecraft to send back pictures of the Moon, three years before Apollo 11. The post Scientists Spot Signs of Derelict Soviet Moon Lander on Lunar Surface appeared first on ...

Scientists may have narrowed down the landing site of the Soviet Union's Luna 9, which in 1966 became the first spacecraft to touch down softly on the moon.

(This story has been updated with the latest information, including comment from Blue Origin, NASA and Lockheed Martin and updated comment from Elon Musk.) With NASA rushing to land astronauts on the ...

A new private moon lander could take flight just a few years from now. Impulse Space — a commercial space company founded by Tom Mueller, the first employee the billionaire Elon Musk ever hired at ...

Private space exploration company Blue Origin said its Blue Moon MK1 lunar lander arrived in Houston for testing. A lunar lander from the private space exploration company Blue Origin is in Houston ...