Before arriving at the moon, the small satellite mission will use the gravity of the sun, Earth, and moon over several months ...

What's the mission? A spacecraft will circle the moon to remotely map different forms of water on the lunar surface. Type of craft: Orbiter. Launch: Early 2025. Launch vehicle ...

As the Apollo program closed in on its goal, cartographers relied on photos from 1966 and 1967 orbiter missions to create the February 1969 hand-­painted map—considered the best reference at ...

In just the next five years, we can expect at least a dozen lunar missions that will put the human race light years forward in its a race to the stars. The U.S. landed men on the moon in 1969 as ...

The payloads will include experiments to study lunar geology, test new technologies for future human missions and gather data on the Moon’s environment. SPHEREx will create a comprehensive map ...

NASA partners with private companies to search for lunar water ice, a key factor for future human exploration of the moon ...