From astronauts looping around the moon to spacecraft reaching Mercury and asteroids near Earth, 2026 is shaping up to be a ...

International Moon Day was celebrated on July 20, observing the 56th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. The Apollo 11 mission, which launched from Florida, kickstarted a rich history of rocket ...

A spacecraft from Japan attempting to make the country's first private moon landing on Thursday instead crashed into the lunar surface in a disappointing second failure for its ispace builders. The ...

Japanese company iSpace's Hakuto-R lander captured amazing views of the the Earth during a solar eclipse and more during its ...

Private space company Firefly Aerospace garnered plenty of attention earlier this year when its Blue Ghost lunar lander successfully touched down on the moon. Now it is preparing to become the third ...

The second moon landing attempt by Texas-based Intuitive Machines has ended much like the first, with its Athena lander falling sideways into a crater and shutting down after 12 hours. When you ...

When spacecraft land on the moon, their engines unleash huge clouds of dust and debris that can damage expensive equipment and threaten future lunar bases. As space agencies plan to establish a ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A privately owned lunar lander touched down on the moon with a drill, drone and rovers for NASA and other customers Thursday, but quickly ran into trouble and may have fallen ...

NASA is opening SpaceX’s $4-billion moon landing contract to competition, citing delays with the company’s Starship spacecraft. Acting Administrator Sean Duffy expressed concerns about falling behind ...

The first moon landing will be displayed on screens nearby. Houston, we have a celebration. To honor the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum ...