The Apollo program is arguably the most famous achievement of the United States regime, but how much do you really know about ...

Astronauts frequently carry personal items into space, ranging from religious icons and music instruments to sports equipment ...

The Moon has volcanic rock from ancient lava flows ― and these dark-colored materials absorb most of the visible light that reaches them. Top: Apollo 15 astronaut at work near Hadley Rille on ...

Research Sheds New Light on Moon Rock Formation Solving Major Puzzle in Lunar Geology Jan. 15, 2024 — New research ... tiny lunar crystals gathered by Apollo 17 astronauts in 1972, researchers ...

Previous missions such as Apollo 15 through 17 (1971 ... Earth’s surface. The Moon is blanketed with regolith, a type of powdery deposit of dust, sand, and loose rocks and other material.

While parts of the Earth experienced a total lunar eclipse early Friday, a spacecraft on the moon captured the ...

While Intuitive Machines' Athena lander quickly met its demise after awkwardly stumbling and ending up on its side, Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost spacecraft, which touched down a few days earlier, is ...

Hours after the 15-foot ... the Apollo moon landings, not many people paid much attention to the moon. The moon was a “been there, done that” place, a lifeless, airless world of rocks and ...

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander successfully made a soft touchdown near an ancient volcanic feature on the moon’s near side early Sunday morning.