Luna 9 had a bouncy touchdown on the lunar surface in 1966, becoming the first spacecraft to land on the Moon.

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

ISRO has selected MM-4 near the Moon’s South Pole as its spot for Chandrayaan-4’s 2028 landing. This mission will collect Moon soil and rocks and return to Earth with them, helping India study lunar ...

HIGASHIOSAKA, Japan >> A group of small and midsize companies based in Higashiosaka, Osaka prefecture, has crowdfunded the ...

Mengzhou performed as designed during the test, which lifted off from the Wenchang Space Launch Site on Hainan Island. The ...

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

NASA has released a spectacular photo of February's full "Snow Moon" rising behind the Artemis 2 Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, capturing both the rocket and its destination ahead of its historic ...

NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway will be joined by two international spacefarers on an upcoming mission to the ISS known as Crew-12.

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

Their findings were presented at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) 2026, where scientists outlined how detailed terrain analysis helped narrow down potential landing zones.

Humanity’s first successful lunar lander is missing. Sixty years ago the Soviet Luna 9 became the first human-made object to ...

Scientists have spent decades searching for the final resting place of Luna 9, the first spacecraft to soft-land on the moon. Now they’re on the cusp of finding it ...