China's Chang'e-5 mission is off to collect samples from the Moon
The lander will have 14 days to collect rocks and soil from the lunar surface.
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Blue Origin teams with spaceflight veterans to complete its lunar lander
Lockheed, Northrop and Draper will help return humans to the Moon.
NASA's InSight lander can finally dig a hole for its Mars heat probe
It made virtually no progress until the robot arm pitched in.
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India's Vikram lunar lander lost contact during its descent
The Chandrayaan-2 orbiter is safe but its lander likely crashed.
NASA's Dragonfly mission is sending an eight-rotor drone to Titan
The mission will launch in 2026 and will reach Titan by 2034.
Privately-owned Moon lander crashes in historic attempt
Israel's dreams of a lunar landing will have to wait a little longer.
Hear the wind on Mars for the first time, thanks to the InSight lander
Two instruments recorded audio, which NASA has now released.
NASA’s InSight lander is ready to get to work
Its robotic arm is taking images of the lander’s surroundings.
NASA wants to send a life-detecting lander to Europa
It will look for life in the Jovian moon's saltwater ocean.
Mars probe crashed because it misjudged where the ground was
An inertial measurement unit failed for one second, but that was enough to ruin the mission.
The ESA's ExoMars mission lander is still missing
NASA's Mars orbiter will attempt to find it in the next few days.
Rosetta probe belatedly finds the Philae comet lander
The ESA probably wishes it made this discovery months ago.
US grants its first clearance for a private flight to the Moon
Moon Express hopes to put a lander on lunar soil in 2017.
Philae comet lander has likely gone silent for good
A last-gasp attempt at contacting the lander hasn't received a response.
