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

Scientists report high-confidence detections of artificial objects on the Moon that may identify the 1966 Soviet Luna 9 ...

Luna 9 was the first spacecraft to soft-land on the Moon, sending the first images from the lunar surface to Earth. The Luna ...

Two rival teams — one using machine learning, the other human eyes — race to find the first spacecraft to soft-land on the moon.

Although the Luna-9 mission was widely celebrated, the precise location of the lander remained uncertain for decades due to limited tracking accuracy and the difficulty of identifying small spacecraft ...

The new contest for the moon is no longer a two‑country sprint but a crowded relay, with state agencies setting the course and private firms grabbing the baton. As China and the United States compete ...

The United States set out to return astronauts to the Moon on its own terms, with NASA’s Artemis program framed as a careful, sustainable sequel to Apollo. Instead, a tightening schedule, technical ...

Test features first flight and controlled vertical splashdown of a Long March-10 carrier rocket China has successfully completed a crucial safety test and fired off a new-generation rocket as part of ...

Researchers report the detection of "artificial objects" on the Moon that could help locate a long-lost Soviet spacecraft.

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