Only one of these patches of lunar plain can be Luna 9’s actual landing site – and there’s no guarantee that either of them is. But the search is oddly compelling.

NASA has awarded Firefly Aerospace a $93.3 million contract to take a lunar lander module loaded with experiments to the surface of the moon. While the company will not be performing the launch itself ...

China recently conducted a test of a lunar lander, marking a turning point in the country’s space ambitions. The experiment is a central part of efforts to land astronauts on the moon by the end of ...

Over a half-century after the triumph of Apollo, it's frustrating to see China take the lead in a new space race as the White House shackles NASA to exert political control. The China Manned Space ...

The lander module from India's moon mission was located on the lunar surface on Sunday, one day after it lost contact with the space station, and efforts are underway to try to establish contact with ...

The new head of the US space agency has turned a long‑running procurement saga into a straight contest between two of the world’s richest men, declaring that the race is now on to see which company ...

India's Chandrayaan-4 mission, a complex lunar sample-return endeavor, is slated for 2028. ISRO has identified MM-4 in the Mons Mouton region of the Moon's South Polar area as the chosen landing site.