Korea aims to launch a lunar communication orbiter in 2029 and a lunar lander in 2032 as part of its long-term space ...

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) recently bounced a laser off India's Vikram moon lander, marking a space-communications first. Vikram touched down near the lunar south pole on Aug. 23, 2023 ...

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The Hakuto-R Mission 1 crashed on the Moon in April, failing to become the first private lunar lander to safely touch down on the surface. Reading time 2 minutes In late April, a privately-owned ...

NASA has shared the first photos taken of China's Chang'e-6 space probe captured on the far side of the moon. The images of China's sample return spacecraft were captured by NASA's Lunar ...

NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has located what’s believed to be the crash site of Russia’s failed Luna-25 mission. Russia was hoping to become the first nation to perform a successful soft ...

When astronauts set off for a trip around the Moon in 2024 with NASA’s Artemis II mission, they will go primed with knowledge of lunar landmarks gathered by one of the Agency’s premiere robotic ...

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has been caught out at its own game. The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has been studying the moon up close since 2009. It has also imaged other active ...

A NASA lunar orbiter has spotted the final resting place of a private Japanese moon lander that failed in its touchdown attempt last month. The Hakuto-R lander, also carrying a small rover for the ...

A new crater has appeared on the moon, and it was likely created when Russia’s uncrewed Luna 25 mission crashed into the lunar surface. Images taken by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and released ...

South Korea aims to launch a lunar communication orbiter in 2029 and a lunar lander in 2032 as part of its long-term space ...