The spacecraft, about the size of a small car, conducted a series of experiments. It drilled three feet into the lunar soil, took X-ray images of the magnetic bubble that surrounds and protects Earth ...

As Firefly Aerospace prepared to close out a two-week mission on the moon, its lander had one final gift to beam home: the ...

Firefly's Blue Ghost Mission 1, which lasted about 14 days, or the equivalent of one lunar day, marks the longest commercial ...

Astronomy contributor and lunar expert Robert Reeves looks back on a Texas-sized achievement in Moon exploration.

See detailed maps of where and when to watch the dramatic 'Blood Moon'. The first total lunar eclipse since 2022 is set to grace the night sky tomorrow (March 13-14, 2025) — but only for those ...

The last time NASA collected data on the heat emerging from the moon's interior was when the space agency still sent astronauts on Apollo missions. The lunar heat-flow study had seemingly ended.

The past couple of weeks has offered us vivid examples in the news of two events, one of which I call a hard landing and another a soft landing. The successful soft landing on the moon was ...

the Apollo program ending with the landing of Apollo 17 was largely flawless in planning and execution. NASA mixed science and exploration. The last three landings even had a “moon buggy,” formally ...

"Mickey 17" opened at the weekend and ... three-year posting on the dark side of the moon. "Not since Adam has any human known such solitude as [Apollo 11 command module pilot] Mike Collins ...

Nicole Johnson drives more than just big rocks off-road when she explores Lasertown, Cody Waggoner's 40-acre mystical desert playground. Rear-steer, single-seat, turbo 2.2L Ecotec-powered complete ...