Here’s a look at NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration), the United States government agency that conducts research into space. There are 10 major NASA facilities, including the Kennedy ...

Jones handed Rockwell a script for "Moon" nine months later and it's easy to see why the actor signed up. He would go on to ...

Landing a spacecraft on the moon has long been a series of hits and misses. Only five countries have done it. The latest ...

A drill for ice, a 4G network test, three rovers, and a hopping drone: a US company is hours away from its second lunar ...

Intuitive Machines, a Houston company aiming to repeat a 2024 landing, said its spacecraft, Athena, has power and is communicating but may not be upright. It is unclear how that might impact the ...

Athena is targeting highland terrain about 100 miles (160 kilometers) from the moon's south pole, where it will deploy three ...

After hours of uncertainty, officials from the Houston company said there are clues that the spacecraft is on its side, which ...

It was not until February 22, 2024, that another American-built spacecraft made a soft landing on the Moon. This was the Nova ...

Twelve astronauts explore the surface over six missions, before the program ends with Apollo 17 in 1972. Still the only country to ... becomes the third country to successfully land on the moon, ...

In February 2024, Intuitive Machines became the first private company to achieve a soft lunar landing -- also the first US landing since the crewed Apollo 17 mission of 1972. However, the success ...

FILE - A flock of birds fly in front of the full moon over the city centre in Tallinn, Estonia, Oct. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits, File) ...

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander successfully performed a smooth, upright landing, making the Texas-based company the ...