JAXA small lunar landing demonstrator "SLIM ". Watch how it travels to the moon's surface in this animated explainer. Credit: ...

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

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Two lunar landers manufactured by Firefly Aerospace and Intuitive Machines, both based in Texas, were on the moon in March ...

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander successfully touched down and completed its science mission for NASA. Intuitive Machines' Athena lander also reached the moon but tipped over, hampering its ...

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander successfully touched down and completed its science mission for NASA. Intuitive Machines' Athena lander also reached the moon but tipped over, hampering its ...

An artist’s conception shows the integrated design for the Blue Moon Mark 2 lander. (Blue Origin Illustration) NASA is reworking its Artemis moon program to add a test mission for commercial lunar ...

The APEX 1.0 lander from ispace U.S. Credit: ispace U.S. WASHINGTON — Japanese lunar company ispace said work on a new engine for its lunar landers is facing delays and that it is keeping open the ...

In 1966, three years before the first humans walked on the Moon, the Soviet Union landed a small, spherical probe, dubbed Luna 9, on the lunar surface. It was a historic moment, with the spacecraft ...

The founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, does not often post on the social media site owned by his rival Elon Musk. But on Monday, Bezos did, sharing a black-and-white image of a turtle emerging from the ...

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Two research teams have identified possible landing sites for Luna 9, the first human-made object to safely reach the lunar surface. “One of them is wrong,” an expert said. By Becky Ferreira Becky ...