It noted that knowing the formation time of the 2,500-kilometer-wide SPA basin, which is located on the moon's far side, ...

The shadow of the Blue Ghost spacecraft after it landed on the moon, with Earth in the distance. Blue Ghost just completed its mission, which lasted a full lunar day — two Earth weeks — on the near ...

Scientists have long sought to determine the age of the moon's South Pole–Aitken (SPA) basin, the largest and oldest known ...

The South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported that the proposed lunar radio telescope array would feature 7,200 ...

The missions are part of NASA's $2.6 billion Commercial Lunar Payload Services ... Artemis -- NASA's effort to return astronauts to the Moon and eventually reach Mars. Of the four CLPS missions ...

The six-legged Athena spacecraft is now "on her side" atop the moon's surface, subsequently ending a week-long mission. The company said it received images transported from Athena on the lunar ...

The company was planning to launch a third landing mission, called IM-3, about a year from now. But Altemus suggested that ...

It's a larger, fully reusable version of the rocket that flew humans to the moon, he added, "and it's just really audacious." Why Starship is critical for building on the moon Though the moon isn ...

China is making history once again with groundbreaking updates on its upcoming moon landing mission! With advanced technology, ambitious goals, and a bold vision for lunar exploration, this latest ...

Micah McCartney is a reporter for Newsweek based in Taipei, Taiwan. He covers U.S.-China relations, East Asian and Southeast Asian security issues, and cross-strait ties between China and Taiwan.

Higher latitudes on the moon with slopes facing the poles "are not ... slope — named "Statio Shiv Shakti" — peaked at 179.6 degrees Fahrenheit (82 degrees Celsius) and plummeted to -270. ...

But it is taking a longer, more fuel-efficient path to the moon. It will enter orbit around the moon around May 6 and try a landing ... get back to the moon before China gets there.