CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private lunar lander has captured the first high-definition sunset pictures from the moon.

Artemis II, scheduled for 2026, will be the first crewed mission of the program, orbiting the Earth and Moon with four astronauts. NASA is set to return humans to the moon, and its Artemis program ...

On the moon, this could be a problem for astronauts, exploration vehicles, and equipment. "There is also a difference in the chemical signatures. Certain areas had more neodymium (a chemical ...

in the northeast on the near side of the moon. The landing site is expected to provide insights into the lunar environment and test technologies for supporting future landings carrying astronauts.

Government-owned space agencies developed all those missions, just as NASA managed the Apollo program to put US astronauts on the Moon from 1969 through 1972. By 2018, a decade had passed since ...

Following a 45-day journey to the Moon, Blue Ghost gently landed on the lunar surface this past weekend to begin its exploratory mission. Here’s what we can expect over the coming days.

Earth reflecting off one of Blue Ghost’s solar panels with the Moon on the horizon (Picture ... It is part of preparations to send astronauts back later this decade as well as potentially ...

She said part of this mission will help lay the groundwork for future space missions and "prepare for future astronauts" to return to the moon. Backed by NASA and its flagship Artemis moon program ...

He told BBC Breakfast: "[They've] demonstrated a technology for landing on the surface of the Moon, the kind that had been forgotten after the Apollo era when we had astronauts on the [lunar ...

Apollo 16 astronaut and moon walker Charlie Duke left a family photo on the lunar surface in 1972. It’s long gone, but a digital copy is headed back in a data storage payload aboard Intuitive ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — Lonestar will immortalize two retired NASA astronauts, including one who was on an Apollo mission, with a data center that is on the Intuitive Machines’ moon mission.

Why is NASA interested in the moon? The mission comes as NASA prepares to send American astronauts back to the moon's surface under its Artemis campaign – the agency's first lunar program ...