The vision of mining space for resources is no longer science fiction. The moon's proximity to Earth and the presence of ...

Europe's plans to develop a robotic lunar lander are moving ahead with the announcement of an Italy-led consortium that will ...

Hakuto-r captures a rare “terrestrial sunrise” during a total eclipse just before crashing into the Moon, revealing the ...

This test is a key step in the journey to China's goal of landing astronauts on the moon by 2030. Recently, China conducted a critical test of its new lunar lander, Lanyue ("Embracing the Moon"), ...

The Intuitive Machines' Nova-C "Odysseus" lander has delivered its first image from the surface of the moon. Also, see the ...

Mike Griffin says Artemis programme ‘cannot work’ because of complex design and unproven tech, while Chinese are ‘doing the ...

The lunar lander is called "Lanyue" (Embracing the Moon) and it "marks the first time that China has carried out a test for ...

Acting NASA chief Sean Duffy surprised many people earlier this week when he said the space agency was intending to reopen the contracts for the Artemis III lunar lander that will return astronauts to ...

With Thursday's touchdown, Intuitive Machines became the first private business to pull off a moon landing, a feat previously achieved by only five countries. Japan was the latest country to score a ...

Luna 25’s story is one of ambition thwarted by planetary geopolitics. Yet it fuels ongoing lunar pursuits. The United States finds itself in the middle of a new space race. This time, that race is ...

Over a half-century after the triumph of Apollo, it's frustrating to see China take the lead in a new space race as the White House shackles NASA to exert political control. The China Manned Space ...

This was the second moon landing mission organized by the Japanese startup that concluded with a failure, except this ...