NASA’s VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover) mission, initially set to explore the moon’s south pole for crucial water ice deposits, faced a significant setback when it was ...

The Athena lander from Intuitive Machines could not charge its batteries after ending up on its side. It largely failed to ...

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

"Our data paints a clear picture that MAPP survived the landing attempt and would have driven on the lunar surface and ...

That was originally intended to carry NASA’s VIPER lunar rover, but NASA elected last summer to cancel VIPER, citing cost overruns and delays. Astrobotic will instead deliver a commercial rover ...

A new golden age of lunar exploration is in full swing, and the Moon is no longer the province of global superpowers alone.

Lunar Outpost’s MAPP rover mission would have seen it become the first U.S. robotic rover on the surface of the moon. It ...

The Intuitive Machines Athena lander appears to have touched down on the moon's surface, but the landing didn't go smoothly.

NASA is inviting private companies to collaborate on deploying the VIPER moon rover, initially halted due to budget constraints. The rover, designed to locate lunar water ice, was previously set ...

Touching down near the center of Mare Crisium, it is equipped with 10 NASA-sponsored instruments ... Prospecting Platform rover built by a company called Lunar Outpost, will communicate with ...