NASA's InSight lander says goodbye from Mars"This may be the last image I can send," the InSight Twitter account said.By J. Conditt, 12.20.2022
China's Chang'e-5 mission is off to collect samples from the MoonThe lander will have 14 days to collect rocks and soil from the lunar surface.By I. Bonifacic, 11.23.2020
Blue Origin teams with spaceflight veterans to complete its lunar landerLockheed, Northrop and Draper will help return humans to the Moon.By J. Fingas, 10.22.2019
NASA's InSight lander can finally dig a hole for its Mars heat probeIt made virtually no progress until the robot arm pitched in.By J. Fingas, 10.20.2019
India found its missing Vikram lunar landerIt's still trying to get in touch with the vessel.By J. Fingas, 09.08.2019
India's Vikram lunar lander lost contact during its descentThe Chandrayaan-2 orbiter is safe but its lander likely crashed.By R. Lawler, 09.06.2019
NASA's Dragonfly mission is sending an eight-rotor drone to TitanThe mission will launch in 2026 and will reach Titan by 2034.By A. Dellinger, 06.27.2019
SpaceIL plans second private Moon lander despite crashIt's not giving up despite initial setbacks.By J. Fingas, 04.13.2019
Privately-owned Moon lander crashes in historic attemptIsrael's dreams of a lunar landing will have to wait a little longer.By J. Fingas, 04.11.2019
China’s Chang’e-4 lander and rover head to the far side of the moonThey launched earlier today.By M. Locklear, 12.07.2018
Hear the wind on Mars for the first time, thanks to the InSight landerTwo instruments recorded audio, which NASA has now released.By M. Locklear, 12.07.2018
NASA’s InSight lander is ready to get to workIts robotic arm is taking images of the lander’s surroundings.By M. Locklear, 12.07.2018
NASA’s InSight lander has arrived on MarsIt will study the planet’s interior for the first time.By M. Locklear, 11.26.2018
NASA wants to send a life-detecting lander to EuropaIt will look for life in the Jovian moon's saltwater ocean.By M. Moon, 02.11.2017
Mars probe crashed because it misjudged where the ground wasAn inertial measurement unit failed for one second, but that was enough to ruin the mission.By D. Cooper, 11.24.2016
The ESA's ExoMars mission lander is still missingNASA's Mars orbiter will attempt to find it in the next few days.By M. Moon, 10.20.2016
Rosetta probe belatedly finds the Philae comet landerThe ESA probably wishes it made this discovery months ago.By J. Fingas, 09.05.2016
US grants its first clearance for a private flight to the MoonMoon Express hopes to put a lander on lunar soil in 2017.By J. Fingas, 08.03.2016
Philae mission team says goodbye to the comet landerWe hardly knew you, Philae. By B. Steele, 02.12.2016
Philae comet lander has likely gone silent for goodA last-gasp attempt at contacting the lander hasn't received a response.By J. Fingas, 01.12.2016