Elon Musk is taking the long view. The billionaire SpaceX founder has long said that humanity needs to expand its footprint ...

U.S. budget proposal would hollow NASA to a husk bent to Elon Musk’s whims. Only one mission can save the space agency ...

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A third private moon lander is getting closer to touchdown on Earth's only satellite this summer after Japan-based company ispace said its robotic mission is now orbiting the Moon.

Lockheed Martin officials handed over the "keys" to the Artemis 2 Orion spacecraft to NASA, marking the start of its ...

Commercial company ispace announced its lunar lander had entered orbit around the moon ahead of a June landing attempt.

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China has achieved a milestone feat, making the first-ever laser ranging measurement from Earth to the moon during the ...

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The spacecraft's NavCam 1 - one of three cameras that comprised its 'Touch-and-Go' camera system - snapped the photo 804,000 miles (1,297,000 kilometers) from Earth and 735,000 miles (1,185,000 ...

What new technologies or methods can be developed for more efficient in-situ planetary subsurface analyses? This is what a recent study presented at the 56th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference ...

Observers say proposed cuts to science and other programs undermine increased funding for human space exploration efforts.