Data from a NASA lunar orbiter has helped researchers deduce two potential locations for a defunct Soviet spacecraft called ...

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 ...

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

These advancements in China’s reusable rocket and lunar exploration programs come as NASA prepares to launch a crew of four ...

Luna 9 was the first spacecraft to soft-land on the Moon, sending the first images from the lunar surface to Earth. The Luna ...

Three developments stand out that will make the return to the moon effort different from the first time we visited Earth’s ...

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

By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (Reuters) - The space race between U.S. billionaires is heating up, with Elon Musk's ...

More than 50 years after Apollo 17, NASA’s Artemis II will send four astronauts on a 10-day loop around the Moon to test the agency’s deep-space hardware.

Two research teams have identified possible landing sites for Luna 9, the first human-made object to safely reach the lunar ...