A private spacecraft on a pretty badass mission has sent back footage of the far side of the Moon, on its way to land in the ...

It is a Japanese-led commercial mission. Astronauts won't be walking on the moon until 2027, but you’ll see a lot of rockets heading there this year, part of an ambitious series of uncrewed ...

"trans lunar injection." Then on Thursday, the lander, named Blue Ghost, fired its engines for four minutes to ...

Only 12 astronauts have walked on the moon. Discover who they are, which Apollo missions took them there, and when humans will return to the lunar surface. When you purchase through links on our ...

The space agency was just $84 million short of completing the mission when it pulled the plug. VIPER had been slated to go to the moon on board an Astrobotic Griffin lander. Then, the space agency ...

In contrast, the Artemis missions are designed to take astronauts to the Moon’s extreme polar regions, where temperatures can reach -369 degrees Fahrenheit (-223 degrees Celsius). Apollo-era ...

NASA wants to see a regular cadence of moon missions to prepare for astronaut-led Artemis expeditions in 2027 or later. Landing on the moon remains onerous. The moon's exosphere provides virtually ...

SEE ALSO: Think this space station and moon photo is AI? Meet the photographer. This is the mission trajectory plan for Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander. Credit: Firefly Aerospace graphic ...