Astronomy contributor and lunar expert Robert Reeves looks back on a Texas-sized achievement in Moon exploration.

"It has been an honor to enable science and technology experiments that support future missions to the moon, Mars and beyond.

Firefly Aerospace on Monday announced the conclusion of its Blue Ghost lunar lander mission, declaring it the first “fully ...

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander fell silent over the weekend, wrapping up two weeks of science experiments for NASA.

This week's eclipse has been photographed from the moon's point of view.But rather than being the lunar eclipse that was seen ...

The privately-owned lander turned its cameras toward Earth as our planet cast its shadow over the moon. It’s not the first spacecraft to do so.

The Athena lander, built by Texas-based company Intuitive Machines, descended to the lunar surface but the orientation of the ...

Intuitive Machines said on Thursday that its robotic Athena lander has landed on the moon's surface but details of the ... Five nations have made successful soft landings in the past - the then-Soviet ...

The second moon landing by Intuitive Machines appears to have suffered the same fate as its first try last year.

The Houston-based company put its Athena spacecraft on the moon just after 12:30 p.m. ET. The landing site is closer to the lunar south pole than any human or vehicle has traveled before.

Based on a reading from an inertial measurement unit inside the vehicle, most likely Athena is lying on its side. This is the ...