Moon mining startup Interlune wants to start digging for helium-3 by 2030The company’s founders include former Blue Origin top employees and an Apollo 17 astronaut. By C. MacDonald, 03.16.2024
Two toppled moon landers go dormant for a lunar night they may not surviveJapan's SLIM spacecraft and Intuitive Machines' Odysseus sent their last transmissions home before the two-week-long night.By C. MacDonald, 03.02.2024
Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus lander tipped over at touchdown, but it’s still kickingDon't worry, pictures from the moon's surface are coming soon. By C. MacDonald, 02.24.2024
Intuitive Machines’ moon lander sent home its first images and they’re breathtakingThe spacecraft is on track to make a landing attempt on February 22. By C. MacDonald, 02.17.2024
Intuitive Machines is taking its shot at nailing the first commercial moon landingAfter Astrobotic’s Peregrine failed, Intuitive Machines could make history with its Nova-C lander.By C. MacDonald, 02.12.2024
Japan’s moon lander took this eerie photo before being enveloped by lunar nightThe SLIM lander has since gone dormant, and it may not survive the two-week-long lunar night.By C. MacDonald, 02.03.2024
Japan’s SLIM lunar spacecraft landed upside down on the moonThe JAXA space agency did say it managed to collect some data before it shut down the lander.By M. Saleh, 01.25.2024
Japan’s SLIM lunar lander made it to the moon, but it’ll likely die within hoursA problem with the lander's solar cell has prevented it from generating electricity as planned. By C. MacDonald, 01.19.2024
Peregrine moon lander and its cargo will likely burn up in Earth’s atmosphereAstrobotic says the doomed lander made it to lunar distance, but is heading back toward Earth. By C. MacDonald, 01.14.2024
NASA delays its first crewed Artemis mission until September 2025Artemis 3, which will mark the return of humans to the lunar surface, is now targeting a September 2026 launch.By K. Holt, 01.09.2024
Peregrine Mission 1 heralds the beginning of the moon’s commercializationAstrobotic's Peregrine could be the first ever private spacecraft to make a soft landing on the lunar surface.By C. MacDonald, 01.07.2024
Lunar rock samples suggest moon is older than previously thoughtSamples from the 1972 Apollo mission were recently analyzed by researchers.By M. Saleh, 10.24.2023
India wants to build its own space station and send astronauts to the moon by 2040The country is planning its first crewed mission in 2025 ahead of embarking on its more ambitious goals. By C. MacDonald, 10.19.2023
How to watch the 'ring of fire' solar eclipse on October 14The annular phenom will be viewable from parts of the US, Mexico and Central and South America.By S. Barnes, 10.11.2023
India is the first country to land at the Moon's south poleChandrayaan-3 is also India's first successful Moon lander.By J. Fingas, 08.23.2023
Watch India’s Chandrayaan-3 try to land on the Moon here at 8:34AM ETThe craft will attempt to touch down on the lunar south pole early Wednesday morning.By W. Shanklin, 08.22.2023
Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft crashes into the MoonThe country's last attempt to reach the moon was in 1976. By S. Fielding, 08.21.2023
Russia heads to the Moon for the first time in 47 yearsYou can watch the liftoff here at 7:10 pm Eastern Time.By W. Shanklin, 08.10.2023
ISS experiment will help scientists work out how to keep astronauts cool in spaceHumanity will, after all, experience extreme temperatures on moon and Mars.By M. Moon, 08.09.2023
Hitting the Books: How NASA helped JFK build his 'Nation of Immigrants'Turns out this foundational myth got its start in the early 1960s. By A. Tarantola, 07.16.2023