Before Neil Armstrong’s legendary first steps on the Moon in 1969, Nasa had to ensure that the lunar surface was well-mapped ...

Long before Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams got stuck on the space station, Apollo 11 astronauts were having their own ...

A private lunar lander has captured the first high-definition sunset pictures from the moon. Firefly Aerospace and NASA ...

Why SpaceX, Rocket Lab, Arianespace made Fast Company's list of the most innovative companies doing work in space.

On Sunday morning, a spacecraft built by Firefly Aerospace softly touched down on the surface of the Moon, making the Texas ... Firefly has shared other images and videos from the mission ...

Photos showcasing the spacecraft’s dramatic shadow on the lunar surface ... moon’s equator. Blue Ghost will spend the next week collecting samples, drilling into the subsurface and capturing ...

The challenge in deploying terrestrial technologies on celestial bodies arises from exposure to extremes of temperature and radiation on the moon's surface due to the ... biometric data, high ...

A private lander that was sent to the Moon has failed its mission ... It managed to send back pictures confirming its position, and activate a few experiments, before going silent.

The four-wheel, 22-pound (10-kilogram) vehicle will test new cellular communications equipment, work to create a 3D map of the moon's surface, and take pictures. The vehicle is also designed to ...

work to create a 3D map of the moon’s surface, and take pictures. The vehicle is also designed to collect a small soil sample. And though the sample — as well as the MAPP rover — will stay ...

Shortly after landing, Blue Ghost transmitted a spectacular image of the Sun rising over the Moon’s surface, revealing an intense contrast between the Sun’s brightness and the deep shadows ...