NASA will continue efforts to restore contact with Lunar Trailblazer through mid-June, holding out hope it can still conduct ...

However, DARPA wants the LASSO spacecraft to orbit the moon as low as 6.2 miles (10 km). "The orbiting spacecraft needs to ...

Getting missions to land successfully on the moon has been difficult. Recent missions, such as IM-1 and IM-2, which the ...

A celestial leap is set to take place over two nights as the moon and Jupiter will appear to dance near to each other in the ...

May’s night sky is packed with astronomical events—find out when and where to look for meteor showers, ancient star clusters, ...

New research funded by NASA has uncovered surprising risks hidden in the dust and rocks on the moon — and it could be ...

Rutherfurd’s Moon images are beautiful, but they also marked an important leap forward for scientific imaging through their ...

The internet has been abuzz with the possibility of sky watchers seeing a “smiley face” in the eastern sky above the horizon ...

The crescent moon will be the centerpiece of April's final astronomical event as it bunches up with Venus, Saturn and Mercury ...

Northrop Grumman is one of the contractors working on NASA’s Artemis program of moon exploration ... correction or comment, let us know at: [email protected]. Julian Dossett is a freelance ...

By Matthew Phelan An office in an obscure corner of the federal government that NASA has relied on to safely land astronauts on the moon and robotic probes on Mars is facing pressure to cut its ...

April's full moon will fall at 8:22 p.m. EDT April 12. It's known as the pink moon and is also a micromoon. Easter falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the spring equinox.