Two space missions reached their conclusion: one with a splashdown, the other with a quiet lunar death. And thrilling new ...

The spacecraft, about the size of a small car, conducted a series of experiments. It drilled three feet into the lunar soil, took X-ray images of the magnetic bubble that surrounds and protects Earth ...

About five years ago, the Trump-appointed administrator of NASA, Jim Bridenstine, revealed the name of the program that would return humans to the Moon. It was to be Artemis, from a Greek goddess who ...

Astronomy contributor and lunar expert Robert Reeves looks back on a Texas-sized achievement in Moon exploration.

NASA's stuck astronauts are heading home now that a replacement crew has arrived at the International Space Station.

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost commercial lander has gone dark on the moon as planned, but not before sending back ...

While making the deliveries, the Blue Ghost lander experienced one lunar day. During the course of that day, it captured ...

Intuitive Machines’ (IM) second moon mission ended in disappointment on Friday after the US company ... a hexagonal lander about the height of a giraffe, designed to touch down on a spot called the ...

The mission of U.S. company Intuitive Machines' lunar lander Athena has come to an early end because the lander tipped over while touching down on the Moon, and its battery quickly drained ...

"The IM-1 Mission successfully landed the first spacecraft on the Moon's south pole region, marking the United States' first return since Apollo 17 and the first commercial lunar lander to ...

"The IM-1 Mission successfully landed the first spacecraft on the Moon's south pole region, marking the United States' first return since Apollo 17 and the first commercial lunar lander to transmit ...

But by that time, the lander ... Lunar Payload Services programme, an effort to seed development of low-budget spacecraft that can scour the moon’s surface before the US sends astronauts ...