Two lunar landers built by private companies in the US and Japan have left Earth aboard a SpaceX rocket as part of a ride ...

A capsule loaded with lunar dirt and gravel landed in Inner Mongolia today (Dec. 16) at 12:59 p.m. EST (1759 GMT), capping China’s historic and whirlwind Chang’e 5 mission. The last such moon delivery ...

That way, the lander can wake up in another two to three weeks if it survives the lunar cold ... of Barrhaven as members of a family from Sri Lanka and a friend also from Sri Lanka who was ...

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost moon lander caught haunting images of Earth while preparing to make its way towards lunar orbit. Blue Ghost launched on the "Ghost Riders in the Sky" mission on Jan ...

The lander is packed with 10 scientific instruments to study the lunar surface and gather data to support future human missions to the Moon as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services ...

One week ago, a private lunar lander left the ground on a nearly 7-week journey to reach the surface of the moon. The launch may not have had the headline-grabbing power of last year's historic ...

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost moon lander caught haunting images of Earth while preparing to make its way towards lunar orbit. Blue Ghost launched on the "Ghost Riders in the Sky" mission on Jan. 15 ...

The launch marks ispace's second attempt after its first lander crashed in 2022. The new mission carries a rover designed to collect lunar soil ... countries—the U.S., Soviet Union, China ...