The first U.S. moon landing attempt appeared to be doomed after a private company’s spacecraft developed a “critical” fuel leak.
The chief mission of the Apollo program, beyond the astounding achievement of landing men on the moon and bringing them home safely, was to carry out an extensive scientific examination of the Earth’s closest celestial body. The Apollo astronauts brought home hundreds of pounds of moon rock, ...
The company said Monday the mission had "no chance of soft landing" – dashing hopes for the first ever successful landing by a non-government mission, and America's first soft touchdown on the Moon since Apollo 17 in 1972. NASA ha...
sending the Peregrine Falcon lunar lander developed by Aerospace Robotics into space. This is the first time in over 50 years that the United States has launched a lunar landing mission, and it is also the first time that American private enterprises have challenged...
Chang'e-5 collected the samples on Wednesday after landing the previous day on the Sea of Storms on the moon's near side, in what the UK Space Agency's David Parker described as a "crucial mission," not only to help understand the universe but also to forge stronger...
The new lunar space race continues into 2025 with Texas-based Firefly Aerospace and Tokyo-based Ispace sending separate vehicles off to the moon. CNN’s Ashley Strickland explains the new beginnings and second chances that are tied to each mission.
For the Peregrine mission, NASA was the primary customer, paying $108 million to Astrobotic to transport five experiments. The mission is a crucial milestone in NASA's goal of returning astronauts to the moon, marking the first such mission since the conclusion of the last Apollo mission in De...
As today's tensions mount, it is salutary to recall that cooperation was on the table during the cold war, writes Roger D. Launius. As today's tensions mount, it is salutary to recall that cooperation was on the table during the cold war, writes Roger D. Launius. Astronaut Donald K....
If successful, it will be the first American spacecraft to land on the moon since the last crewed Apollo mission more than 50 years ago. The last time an American spacecrafttouched down on the moonwas in 1972 during the Apollo 17 mission. ...
He said there is "no reason" to think a landing would happen between 2021 and 2026, as China's heavy-lift rocket that presumably would be used for human moon missions — the Long March 5— has not yet been approved to carry humans. A crewed lunar mission in the late 2020s is ...