NASA’s learned a lot about the Moon since Apollo. But a perfect landing still requires incredible planning and scientific ...

Several issues conspired to bring Athena down, including tough lighting conditions near the moon's south pole.

A research team led by Prof. Di Kaichang from the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR) of the Chinese Academy of ...

This is a rare image of Earth taken by the Apollo 11 crew during the Apollo 11 trans-lunar coast. Images like the present lot became iconic symbols of the fragility of our planet. During the 1960s, ...

What new technologies or methods can be developed for more efficient in-situ planetary subsurface analyses? This is what a recent study presented at the 56th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference ...

NASA hasn't given up on Lunar Trailblazer yet. More than two months have passed since that rather dire assessment, but NASA is still working to revive the orbiter — and it will keep doing so for ...

The efforts will continue through mid-June, when lighting conditions will make it tough for Lunar Trailblazer to ... but NASA is still working to revive the orbiter — and it will keep doing ...

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured a stunning image of the Curiosity rover in motion, revealing its winding trail across the Martian surface. The rover, heading towards a region with ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover appears as a dark speck in this contrast-enhanced view captured on Feb. 28, 2025, by the HiRISE camera aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Trailing Curiosity are ...

The reconnaissance orbiter, which has been circling Mars since 2006, caught a glimpse of Curiosity on Feb. 28, 2025, along with the tracks the rover left behind. Curiosity rover began its voyage ...