Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA and Intuitive Machines' IM-1 mission landed on the moon on Thursday. This is NASA's first return to the lunar surface since ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The dark, far side of the Moon is the perfect place to conduct radio astronomy. AP Photo/Rick Bowmer For the first time since 1972 ...

Last year, NASA canceled the VIPER (“Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover”) in a move that scandalized proponents of a return to the moon. The space agency was just $84 million short of ...

The Odysseus lunar lander successfully separated from the Falcon 9 rocket about 48 minutes after launch on Thursday morning, with NASA streaming the footage live over social media. It will take ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services, or CLPS, initiative aims to deliver science ...

With two commercial moon landers already on their way, Houston-based Intuitive Machines launched its second robotic lander atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Wednesday, the centerpiece of a multi-element ...

The next phase of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services moon exploration program began on Jan. 15, with the launch of the Firefly Blue Ghost. It continued with the launch of the Intuitive Machines ...

Astrobotic Technology, the company behind the lunar lander attempting the first US return to the moon, officially conceded it would not reach its ultimate goal. Late Monday, the Pittsburgh-based firm ...

Sometime in the near future, if all goes well, a billion or more video screens will show the image of a stainless-steel tower on the lunar surface, the Starship Human Landing System. Then, a close-up ...

For the first time since 1972, NASA landed a craft on the surface of the Moon in February 2024. But the agency didn’t do it alone – instead, it partnered with commercial companies. Thanks to new ...