The Athena lunar lander has captured its first up-close look at Earth's cosmic neighbor since it began orbiting the moon less than a week into its journey to the surface. Intuitive Machines ...

A major highlight of the mission will take place on March 14, when Blue Ghost captures high-definition images of a total ...

Stargazers who looked up at the sky last night and early this morning might have spotted the March 2025 "Blood Moon," a total lunar eclipse that colored the moon in shades of red, orange and yellow.

The moon will still appear full the night before and after its peak to the casual stargazer. Want to see the moon up close? We recommend the Celestron StarSense Explorer DX 130AZ as the best for ...

The mission, aptly named “Ghost Riders in the Sky,” touched down in Mare Crisium, a large impact site filled with basaltic lava on the Moon. Blue Ghost pulled off a precision landing, touching down ...

If you missed March's total lunar eclipse, also known as the "blood moon," when will you be able to see one next?

SAN ANTONIO — If you can stay up late Thursday night, be sure to look at the moon! A full moon will light up ... a shadow being casted onto the moon's surface. This leads to a reddish color ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Landing a spacecraft on the moon has long been a series of hits and misses. The latest casualty came this week after Intuitive Machines put another lander sideways on the ...

Hours after the 15-foot-tall robotic spacecraft arrived at the moon ... surface. The NASA contract for this mission is worth up to $62.5 million, but Intuitive Machines may not be paid the full ...

The so-called blood moon will be visible for about an hour starting at 1:26 a.m. CT on Friday as appears reddish or orange in color. That phenomenon will be visible with the naked eye or via a ...

A robotic lander named Athena has made its final descent to the moon’s surface, marking the second ... a spacecraft to Florida for flight and end up a week later operating on the moon, I declare ...