NASA When choosing a landing site, NASA tries to find a balance between areas that are scientifically interesting and those that are safe and easier to land on. The site selectors also need to ...

Texas-based Firefly Aerospace landed its Blue Ghost on Sunday. • Athena’s target landing site is located closer to the lunar south pole than any human or vehicle has traveled before.

"Athena continues to be in excellent health, completing lunar orbits every two hours, waiting for the sun to rise on her intended south pole region landing site, Mons Mouton," one March 4 post says.

The U.S. military is seeking to turn a remote Pacific wildlife refuge into a landing site for SpaceX rockets, a move that could ultimately advance military capabilities but could also threaten a ...

Flying above the far side of the moon in a circular 62-mile-high orbit, the squat lander fired its main engine at 2:31 a.m. EST, kicking off a white-knuckle 63-minute descent to the landing site ...