The Peregrin lunar lander, crippled by a propellant leak shortly after launch early Monday, is now expected to run out of fuel Thursday and will not be able to carry out its planned landing on the ...

The moon dreams of Astrobotic's Peregrine lander are officially dead. Peregrine launched early Monday morning (Jan. 8) on the debut mission of United Launch Alliance's Vulcan Centaur rocket. The ...

A privately built spacecraft that launched Monday on a mission to land on the moon will not reach the lunar surface after it suffered a critical malfunction hours after liftoff. Astrobotic Technology, ...

When the moon is nearly between Earth and the sun, one side of the moon faces the sun, and that side is illuminated, but the side the Earth sees is dark. This is called the new moon phase of the lunar ...

The Peregrin lunar lander, crippled by a propellant leak shortly after launch early Monday, is now expected to run out of fuel Thursday and will not be able to carry out its planned landing on the ...

The corn moon, the final full moon of summer, comes Sunday, Sept. 7. For some lucky stargazers, the moon may take on a striking orange-red hue thanks to a total lunar eclipse occuring. But ...