Watch how the Japanese company ispace's Resilience lander attempts to touch down on the moon. "The solar-powered lander ...

Sometimes space exploration doesn't go as planned. But even in failure, engineers can learn, adapt, and try again. One of the ...

An expensive lunar rover that once had its moon trip canceled has a ride once again. NASA has selected Blue Origin to help get VIPER, the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, to the moon ...

Four-and-a-half months after launch atop a Falcon 9 rocket, a privately-built Japanese lander attempted to touch down on the moon Thursday, but telemetry indicated a higher-than-expected descent ...

A private lunar lander from Japan apparently crashed while attempting a touchdown Friday, the latest casualty in the commercial rush to the moon. The Tokyo-based company ispace confirmed the mission ...

Chang’e-6 made history by becoming the first to return samples from the Moon’s far side. It landed in the Apollo Basin within the South Pole–Aitken region and brought about 2kg of lunar material back ...

SpaceX's next mission to the moon, and the next launch of its triple-booster Falcon Heavy rocket, has slipped to no earlier ...

The coming week is a very important one for the European space exploration efforts, as the continent's first Moon rover will finally have to chance to roam the deserted, regolith-covered surface of ...

China targets 2026 for first Long March 10 launch, new lunar crew spacecraft flight China aims to conduct the first launch of ...

China is holding firm to its goal of landing astronauts on the Moon by 2030, and has outlined a packed schedule of development and ...

It will begin its next phase of preparations with Firefly Aerospace for its launch to the far side of the Moon in 2026 ...

This week was supposed to be a very exciting one for the larger European space exploration efforts. On June 5, a lander called Resilience was supposed to touch down in the Mare Frigoris region of the ...