Getting from Earth to space isn’t just about speed—it’s about planning the right trajectory. The Moon, our closest neighbor, ...

NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter was also flying near the moon during the 2017 ... from Earth's orbit as they flew over the Galapagos Islands. Then in 1969, the Apollo 12 astronauts returning from ...

Schmitt is photographed working beside a huge boulder at Station 6 (base of North Massif) during the third Apollo 17 extravehicular activity 5. Captured by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), ...

“The red is the projection of all the sunrises and sunsets onto the lunar surface,” Noah Petro, Project Scientist for NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission, told Forbes. “We see it ...

Data loader (and downloader) for Solar Orbiter/EPD energetic charged particle sensors EPT, HET, and STEP. Supports level 2, 3, and low latency data provided by ESA's Solar Orbiter Archive.

In Spring 1967, a critical review of the U.S. manned space flight program was initiated following the Apollo spacecraft accident. The Apollo program adjusted schedules and intensified preparations for ...

For NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), which has been orbiting the moon since 2009, it will be time to batten down the hatches. "LRO's science instruments and some components not needed by ...

For decades, however, the only direct measurements of the moon's surface temperature were taken during the Apollo 15 and 17 missions in the 1970s, both of which landed near the moon's equator ...

The lander was near the intended target site, but a sweep by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter in the coming days will confirm ... this decade under NASA's Artemis program, the successor to Apollo.

This photo provided by NASA shows the Intuitive Machines' Athena lander approaching the surface of the moon on Thursday, March 6, 2025. (NASA via AP) ...