Lunar exploration is entering a new era. Long after the Apollo missions, a renewed international interest comes with ...

Half a century after the Apollo astronauts left the last bootprints in lunar dust, the Moon has once again become a ...

"With the direction of the sun, the orientation of the solar panels ... NASA addressed the challenges the moon's south pole region presents in the statement Friday. “Our targeted landing ...

The lander apparently touched down 100 miles or so from the moon's south pole around 12:30 p.m. EST ... to operate for about 10 days before the sun sets and darkness sweeps over the landing ...

Intuitive Machines said it was uncertain whether its Athena lander was upright near the moon’s south pole — standing 15 feet (4.7 meters) tall — or lying sideways like its first spacecraft ...

Discover interesting facts about how the moon formed, what it's made out of, and the many missions humans have launched to ...

A massive impact may have sent a shockwave through the moon, jolting rocks just as a magnetic spike peaked and leaving behind ...

Intuitive Machines' Athena lunar lander approached the moon's surface on the south pole Thursday ... They never see the sun, so they’re extremely cold, and we believe that water and other ...

The south polar region of the moon is particularly difficult to reach and operate on given the harsh sun angles ... a spacecraft has come to the south pole, just 100 miles (160 kilometers ...

Scientists may have solved the mystery of why the moon shows ancient signs of magnetism although it has no magnetic field today. An impact, such as from a large asteroid, could have generated a cloud ...

RUSSIA has inked a deal with China to build a nuclear power station on the moon, as part of their shared lunar space-base. The Russian reactor will be used to power the sprawling International ...