NASA’s upcoming Artemis II flight will be the first crewed lunar mission in over 50 years, but it will not land on the moon.

A growing fleet of privately built spacecraft is preparing to attempt robotic landings on the moon as humanity's exploration ...

Intuitive Machines received a farewell transmission from its Odysseus lander a week after the spacecraft became the first U.S. lander to reach the lunar surface in over 50 years. The company said it ...

The lunar lander is called "Lanyue" (Embracing the Moon) and it "marks the first time that China has carried out a test for ...

Four astronauts are about to become the first humans to venture near the moon in more than half a century since NASA's iconic ...

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

Lunar lander Odysseus made contact with the surface of the moon, only to land on its side. Still, it remains communicative as of Saturday. Intuitive Machines, Odyssues’ creator and operator, reported ...

Landing on the Moon has always looked calm from a distance. A slow descent, a gentle touch, then stillness. But that calm hides a short moment of chao.

For decades, the European Space Agency (ESA) has been a sort of trusted sidekick for the much larger NASA. In some respects, that continues to this day, as ESA is backing the Americans' push for the ...