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 ...

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

As part of this move, Duffy asked NASA’s current lunar lander contractors, SpaceX and Blue Origin, for more nimble plans. Neither has specified those plans publicly, but a recent update from SpaceX ...

Mona Luna, the first "100% European-built lunar rover," is being built by Venturi Space and it targets a Moon landing in 2030 ...

On Dec. 1, 2013, China launched its first-ever mission to land a rover on the moon. With the Yutu rover on board, the Chang'e ...

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 ...

NASA has selected two science instruments designed for astronauts to deploy on the surface of the Moon during the Artemis IV mission to the lunar south polar ...

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 ...

The Blue Moon Mark 1 (MK1) lunar lander is big, beautiful, and preparing to launch within the next four months. Can Blue ...

NASA is no longer talking about lunar bases in abstract terms. The agency has set a concrete goal to have a working nuclear ...

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 ...