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 ...

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

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Researchers report the detection of "artificial objects" on the Moon that could help locate a long-lost Soviet spacecraft.

Russia's first lunar lander mission in 47 years ended in failure when Luna-25 crashed into the moon. Credit: Space.com | ...

China just took another step toward landing astronauts on the moon, acing a key abort test with its Mengzhou crew capsule and pulling off a soft splashdown with the returning rocket.

The United Launch Alliance is planning for the Vulcan to become its workhorse rocket. It faces its biggest test yet in its ...

Luna 9 was the first spacecraft to soft-land on the moon. In 1966, the main spacecraft ejected a 99-kg lander module that used a landing bag to survive impact. The problem is, given the technology ...