NASA continues to name its most important space missions after ancient Greek gods, but what is the connection between space ...

Though 2025 won't mark the return of astronauts into deep space as NASA had hoped, launchpads still will be scorching-hot from a procession of robotic spacecraft attempting to land on the moon. How ...

When Frank Sinatra popularized “Fly Me to the Moon,” he was probably envisioning a trip up on NASA’s Apollo Lunar Module, ...

Intuitive Machines ( LUNR -2.85%), a producer of lunar landing and exploration vehicles, went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) on Feb. 13, 2023. Its stock started ...

In February 2024, Intuitive Machine’s Odysseus spacecraft became the first U.S. vehicle to make a soft landing on the Moon ...

The Intuitive Machines' Nova-C "Odysseus" lander has delivered its first image from the surface of the moon. Also, see the ...

Japanese company ispace plans to launch two more missions to land on the Moon in 2027, after its Resilience lander crashed into the lunar surface on Friday.

A robotic lander developed by a Japanese company named ispace plummeted to the Moon's surface Thursday, destroying a small ...

In a livestreamed event, ispace showed telemetry detailing the probe’s speed and altitude on its landing run towards the Mare Frigoris (Sea of Cold). 102 seconds before scheduled touchdown, however, ...

A startup is aiming to become the first commercial company in Japan to successfully land on the moon, and also deliver the first European-built rover to the lunar surface.

Japan’s ispace is preparing to attempt a second Moon landing on Friday, more than two years after its first mission ended in failure moments before touchdown.

The first successful private moon-landing mission is officially over. On Feb. 22, Intuitive Machines' Odysseus spacecraft, affectionately known as Odie, touched down near the lunar south pole ...