Two probes are heading to the moon to begin to answer that question. They'll depart on the same SpaceX Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral. The four-day launch window opens at 7:16 PM ET on Feb. 26.

Earth and moon lined up at around 4:30 a.m. ET, the private Texas-based company Firefly Aerospace announced Friday. The lander captured what is known as the “diamond ring” effect, which is ...

Update: March 2, 11:07 a.m. ET: Firefly’s Blue Ghost lander performed a successful landing on the Moon earlier today. Original article follows: A private lunar lander is gearing up for its date ...

The historic touchdown occurred at 8:33 am ET (1233 GMT or 6:03 p.m. India Standard Time), according to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). "We have achieved soft landing on the moon!

Surrounding the partial eclipse will be a penumbral eclipse that begins at 2:01 p.m. ET and causes the moon to dim slightly from the reflection of Earth’s outer shadow, otherwise known as the ...

Update for 1 pm ET: Intuitive Machines landed its private Athena spacecraft near the south pole of the moon today, but the exact fate of the probe is unclear. The company confirmed that the Athena ...

Blue Ghost landed at 3:34AM ET in a region known as Mare Crisium. While Firefly’s lander isn’t the first commercial spacecraft to land on the moon, it is the first to land properly ...

We already knew that the aerospace company Firefly successfully maneuvered its Blue Ghost lander onto the surface of the Moon, but now we have some gorgeous video proof. The lander captured ...