The “Moon Sniper” robotic explorer landed on the lunar surface, but the mission may end prematurely since its solar cell is not generating electricity, Japan’s space agency said.

A laser navigating tool doomed a Japanese company's lunar lander earlier this month, causing it to crash into the moon.

India moon lander successfully reaches lunar south pole, begins hunt for water ice. ... Luna-25 was Russia's first lunar landing since the uncrewed Soviet Luna-24 in 1976.

Japan is now the fifth country to pull off a soft landing on the moon, joining the U.S., China, the former Soviet Union, ... Astrobotic Technology, launched a moon lander earlier this month, ...

A six-legged moon lander will attempt to land on the moon this week for the first time in over 50 years. This will be the first-ever private spacecraft to do so, if successful.

On February 3, 1966, an inflatable ball bounced across the surface of the Moon. Inside was Luna 9, the first spacecraft to land softly on another world. After coming to rest, the Soviet Union’s lander ...

Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar lander to study space weather, pesky moon dust using NASA science By . Emilee Speck, ... The region was the site of three Soviet-era robotic Moon landings in the 1970s.

The 14-foot-tall lander then spent six days cruising more than 620,000 miles to reach the moon. The landing attempt will be livestreamed on NASA TV , beginning at 3 p.m. ET.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — In a two-for-one moonshot, SpaceX launched a pair of lunar landers Wednesday for U.S. and Japanese companies looking to jumpstart business on Earth's dusty sidekick. The ...