Despite the marvel of space exploration, successful lunar landings remain a formidable challenge. Historically high failure rates highlight the complexity and unpredictability of these missions. The ...

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 ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private lunar lander is no longer working after landing sideways in a crater near the moon’s south pole and its mission is over, officials said Friday. The news came less ...

• Houston-based company Intuitive Machines put its Athena spacecraft on the moon around 12:31 p.m. ET, but the lander’s exact status is currently unclear. • Mission teams believe the spacecraft likely ...

Firefly Aerospace became the first commercial company to make a picture-perfect landing on the Moon early Sunday, touching down on an ancient basaltic plain, named Mare Crisium, to fulfill a $101 ...

Firefly Aerospace successfully landed its Blue Ghost spacecraft on the Moon on Sunday, marking only the second private ...

Blue Ghost just became the second private spacecraft ever to soft-land on the moon. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Firefly ...

Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Tennessee Half a century after the Apollo astronauts left the last bootprints in lunar dust, the Moon has once again become a ...

The Resilience spacecraft went dark during its landing attempt on June 5, and likely hit the moon too fast. The company will try again in 2027. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

SpaceX on Thursday released the most detailed public update in nearly two years on its multibillion-dollar contract to land astronauts on the Moon for NASA, amid growing sentiment that China is likely ...