Scientists have long sought to determine the age of the moon's South Pole–Aitken (SPA) basin, the largest and oldest known ...

The shadow of the Blue Ghost spacecraft after it landed on the moon, with Earth in the distance. Blue Ghost just completed its mission, which lasted a full lunar day — two Earth weeks — on the near ...

The lander ended up on its side in a shallow crater in the Moon’s Mons Mouton region, 820 feet (250 meters) from its targeted ...

Less than a day after Intuitive Machines landed on the Moon, the company declared an early end to its mission after its ...

The discovery of a massive crater formed by the impact of a meteorite more than 3.5 billion years ago is changing the way ...

That means the probe must fire rocket engines in a precise sequence to steer its way past rocks, craters and ... with Athena to the moon. Last year, Intuitive Machines became the first commercial ...

The crater is in permanent shadow from the Sun's rays ... A drill called Trident is designed churn up rocks to reach the surface under the Moon to see if there is evidence of ice. Then an instrument ...

Led by Curtin University geologists Chris Kirkland and Tim Johnson, a research team unearthed this primeval crater beneath ...

The total lunar eclipse on March 13-14 will plunge moon missions into darkness. What will happen to the lunar spacecraft?

The descent process takes around one hour, which will be a nail-biting time to see if the craft can avoid the hazards of the moon’s surface like the many boulders and craters and land safely.

airless world of rocks and dust and not much else. Scientists and NASA looked to explore Mars and other planets. The discovery of frozen water in the craters rekindled interest in the moon.

The Athena lander is on the lunar surface, but its exact orientation ... scouted out a safe spot — avoiding treacherous craters, moon rocks and other obstacles. • Terminal Descent: This ...