When a lander’s engines fire to slow descent, they generate exhaust plumes capable of creating craters, destabilising the ...

The total lunar eclipse that unveiled a reddish blood ... as they flew over the Galapagos Islands. Then in 1969, the Apollo 12 astronauts returning from the moon experienced a solar eclipse ...

A privately owned lunar ... lander. It still managed to operate briefly, ending America’s moon-landing drought of more than 50 years. Until then, the U.S. had not landed on the moon since ...

A military lunar ... lander en route to the Moon, with a landing attempt anticipated for June 6. Ispace-US is initially building its larger Apex 1.0 as a subcontractor for Draper on CPLS mission ...

Intuitive Machines may have crashed its latest moon lander on the lunar surface, but that's not keeping the company down for long. The Houston-based company has picked SpaceX to launch IM-4 ...

Commander Charles Conrad of Apollo 12 became the third person to walk on the moon. With his opportunity to share his first words after setting foot on the lunar surface, Pete said: “Whoopee!

The agency said that key components of the ambitious project, including the Long March 10 heavy-lift carrier rocket, the ...

In April 2024, NASA selected three finalists to design, build, and pitch their own Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) for the Artemis program within 12 months ... IM-2 lunar lander mission.

An instrument aboard the Vikram lander suggests that buried water ice could be found at higher latitudes, making it more abundant and easier to extract than previously believed.

2. Outdoor exhibit — Firefly Aerospace, Blue Ghost Lunar Lander. See the Blue Ghost lunar lander on the Lakeside Terrace at The Broadmoor, the full-scale model that completed its first ...