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Lunar exploration is entering a new era. Long after the Apollo missions, a renewed international interest comes with ambitious plans for a long-term presence on the moon. NASA's Artemis program is leading efforts to return ...
The next time astronauts land on the moon, we will watch it in high-definition. The transmission will be in color, digital and at up to 60 frames per second.
Half a century after the Apollo astronauts left the last bootprints in lunar dust, the moon has once again become a destination of fierce ambition and delicate engineering.
Analyzing gravity data collected by spacecraft orbiting other worlds reveals groundbreaking insights about planetary structures without having to land on the surface.
An international study featuring scientists from Curtin University's School of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Space Science and Technology Center offers new insights into the moon's history and provides a better understanding ...
A research team led by Prof. Di Kaichang from the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed an innovative method to enhance the study of lobate scarps—small reverse fault ...
A private lunar lander from Japan is now circling the moon, with just another month to go before it attempts a touchdown.
Engineers, technicians, mission planners, and the four astronauts set to fly around the moon next year on Artemis II, NASA's first crewed Artemis mission, are rapidly progressing toward launch.
For the first time since Apollo 17 in 1972, NASA officially has its hands on a spacecraft expected to fly humans to the moon.
Earth has only one natural satellite, the moon, which is relatively large compared to its parent planet. It orbits Earth at an average distance of about 384,400 kilometers and completes one revolution approximately every ...
