While the presence of these molecules is not proof of ancient life on Mars, scientists say it shows we could detect chemical ...

The Space Coast set a new record in 2024 with 93 launches from all providers, building off the 72 orbital missions flown in 2023. With SpaceX’s continued pace, more launches from United Launch ...

China could power ahead of the US in the moon race thanks to a few structural differences in its lunar base reactor, engineers say Chinese nuclear engineers have discovered a critical inefficiency ...

Future lunar missions may have an easier time extracting water ice than previously believed, thanks to new findings from India’s Chandrayaan-3 lander. The research suggests that certain high-latitude ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private lunar lander is no longer working after landing sideways in a crater near the moon's south pole and its mission is over, officials said Friday. The news ...

The mission was part of a NASA program known as Commercial Lunar Payload Services ... the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, or VIPER. The golf-cart-size rover was slated to also ...

After hours of uncertainty, officials from the Houston company said there are clues that the spacecraft is on its side, which could limit the mission’s scientific accomplishments.

The moon’s south pole region is of particular interest to scientists because it is thought to host water ice in permanently shadowed craters, and is a region that NASA is interested in exploring ...

Following a successful launch of Intuitive Machines' lunar lander, part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload ... Onboard is Lunar Outpost's exploration rover MAPP, or mobile autonomous prospecting ...

SpaceX Falcon 9 launched Athena lander, NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer on Feb 2 Athena will drill for lunar ice, while Lunar Trailblazer maps water depos Mission includes MAPP rover, Grace robot for ...

After the cancellation of NASA’s VIPER rover, LUPEX is the next opportunity to use a rover-mounted surface drill and spectrometer to search for ice in the Moon’s shadowed south polar region.