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.

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

The U.S. and China are each planning to land in the Moon’s Shackleton crater this year. Whoever gets there first will secure ...

NASA's 2nd wet dress rehearsal is underway in Florida as the agency prepares to test-fuel the towering Space Launch System ...

The Artemis 2 human lunar mission around the moon could be back on track after NASA pulled off a successful fueling test of ...

Elon Musk revealed that his rocket-launch firm SpaceX is now focused on building a “self-growing city” of humans on the moon – backing away from his plans to launch a civilization on Mars. The world’s ...

As the U.S. races China to the Moon, two billionaires are locked in a space race of their own. NASA has offered both Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin a chance to return astronauts to ...

Humanity’s first successful lunar lander is missing. Sixty years ago the Soviet Luna 9 became the first human-made object to achieve a soft landing on the moon—or, for that matter, any celestial body.

Elon Musk’s ambition to one day settle Mars appears to have taken a back seat for a rather nearer and more achievable goal – ...

Moon was a distraction and Mars the goal for billionaire SpaceX chief – could Trump have influenced his U-turn?

The Intuitive Machines' Nova-C "Odysseus" lander has delivered its first image from the surface of the moon. Also, see the NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter view of the lander from moon orbit.

These advancements in China’s reusable rocket and lunar exploration programs come as NASA prepares to launch a crew of four astronauts on a loop around the far side of the Moon as soon as next month.