KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — Like a giant Roman candle, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket soared ... to land on the moon. But it did have a bit of bad luck as it was coming in for a landing.

The final act of the Blue Ghost lander's busy two weeks on the moon was to send back sunset shots featuring Earth and Venus.

a large basin on near-side of the moon. The mission, nicknamed Ghost Riders in the Sky, began Jan. 15 when a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried the 330-pound lander to space. Since then, Blue Ghost ...

A private lunar lander, developed by Texas-based Intuitive Machines, was declared dead on Friday, hours after landing sideways in a crater near the Moon’s south pole, the company confirmed.

The craters are believed to hold tons of frozen water that could be used by future crews to drink and turn into rocket fuel. Intuitive Machines has contracts with NASA for two more moon landing ...

The craters are believed to hold tons of frozen water that could be used by future crews to drink and turn into rocket fuel. Intuitive Machines has contracts with NASA for two more moon landing ...

The craters are believed to hold tons of frozen water that could be used by future crews to drink and turn into rocket fuel. Intuitive Machines has contracts with NASA for two more moon landing ...

Intuitive Machines' IM-2 Athena lander ended up on its side on the moon ... on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Florida. Intuitive Machines targeted the mission's landing for 9:32 a.m. PT on Thursday.

But Altemus also said he believes Athena has achieved success by landing. “Any time that you ship a spacecraft to Florida for flight and end up a week later operating on the moon, I declare that ...

By Kenneth Chang A day after landing on the moon, the robotic Athena spacecraft built by Intuitive Machines of Houston is dead. In an update on its website on Friday, the company confirmed that ...