Odysseus — the first U.S. lander in more than 50 years — is thought to be within a few miles of its intended landing site near the Malapert A crater, less than 200 miles from the south pole. NASA, the ...

Exoplanet habitability depends on a whole host of factors, with liquid water at the top of the list. It also requires a stable atmosphere, the right chemistry, and possibly even things like plate ...

Intuitive Machines "Odysseus" lunar lander captured amazing views of Earth after separation from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — The Japanese company ispace announced that it believes its HAKUTO-R Mission 2 lunar lander has been lost while attempting to land on the moon on Thursday afternoon. This is the ...

The true Earth-Moon distance ranges from approximately 224,000 to 252,000 miles (360,000 to 405,000 kilometers), depending on the position of the Moon’s orbit.

Over a half-century after the triumph of Apollo, it's frustrating to see China take the lead in a new space race as the White House shackles NASA to exert political control. The China Manned Space ...

“Shoot for the moon,” is a command to pull out all the stops and go big. President Kennedy’s 1962 speech at Rice University in Texas presented the ambitious challenge, literally, to the American ...

The day Apollo 11 landed on the moon 40 years ago, it inspired Eddie Lee McGhee to name his newborn daughter after the lunar lander. But he didn't name her Eagle. He named her Module. Module McGhee ...