A team of Chinese scientists has created a six-legged "space mining robot" inspired by insects, which could be used for ...

In 2007, the first Chinese lunar probe, Chang’e-1, was successfully launched, followed by Chang’e-3’s successful landing on the near side of the moon in 2013. In 2019, Chang’e-4 became the ...

China is making steady progress in its manned lunar exploration program, with all research and construction work advancing as ...

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander is wasting no time and is already drilling into the dusty regolith to study the ...

After a day of uncertainty following a harrowing moon landing attempt, the company Intuitive Machines sealed the fate of its ...

In his 2025 New Year's message, Chinese President Xi Jinping praised the technological innovation achievements such as how "the Chang'e-6 lunar probe collected samples from the far side of the ...

NASA's Lunar Trailblazer probe could be in trouble. Lunar Trailblazer launched atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 on Feb. 26 alongside Intuitive Machine's Athena moon lander on the IM-2 mission. The 11.5-foot ...

China's space station will welcome its first foreign astronaut in the next few years, state news agency Xinhua reported, after China and Pakistan on Friday signed a cooperation agreement on the ...

The same rocket launching the Intuitive Machines lander on its mission is also carrying a spacecraft called Lunar Trailblazer. That dishwasher-sized probe is intended to go into orbit around the moon.