A successful landing would be the second for Japan, whose national space agency put a spacecraft called SLIM ("Smart Lander for Investigating Moon') down in January 2024. Resilience is carrying ...

Kosmos-482, a spacecraft bound for Venus in 1972, was a time capsule from the Cold War when superpowers had broad ambitions for exploring the solar system.

The year’s first moon landing was a big success. The second not so much. Now a third commercial lunar lander has entered orbit around the moon ahead of its chance for glory next month.

In February, Firefly’s lander successfully touched down, becoming the first American commercial mission to achieve an upright landing on the Moon. Taking a slightly longer journey to the Moon, Japan’s ...

This is unlike landing on Earth or at the moon, and to date, our robotic Mars missions have only demonstrated the ability to land roughly one metric ton. Sign up for The China Report Beginning ...

Launched on January 15, the lander has taken a slow but fuel-efficient path to the moon, and is now making preparations for landing next month. The company ispace is attempting a lunar landing for ...

NASA announces 9 possible moon landing sites for Artemis 3 lunar mission The finding has significant implications for the crewed Artemis mission, which is currently planned to land on the moon in ...

The market for sending spacecraft to the moon would seem to be a competitive ... and Intuitive as IM-2 orbited above the Blue Ghost 1 landing site ahead of its own landing, checking for ...

PREMIUM The Sea of Tranquillity, with its unusually flat surface, has served as a landing pad for numerous Moon missions, including the first manned one, featuring Buzz Aldrin. A flag, a boot ...

The Gate, the Girl, and the Dragon' is based on Chinese folklore and features full-color illustrations throughout. Read an ...

Kennedy’s historic 1961 moon landing prediction (“before this decade is out…”) would come true. Threlfall’s was the first official wager in the Space Race, and the odds were not in his ...