Faulty valve sent Astrobotic's Peregrine lander straight back to Earth's atmosphere
What goes up must come down – just not always on the Moon
Science30 Aug 2024 | 24
Moon
NASA's billion-dollar launcher is behind schedule and burning cash
Stop us if you've heard this one before
Science28 Aug 2024 | 15
Japan abandons SLIM hopes its lunar lander will revive, ends Moon mission
Lasted longer than expected, but hasn't been heard from since late April
Science26 Aug 2024 | 2
India delays planned space station and moon base by five years
As results from 2023's Chandrayaan-3 mission suggest south pole Moon magma
Science23 Aug 2024 | 26
Axiom Space dials up Nokia to connect moonwalkers to 4G
Can't even get good signal in my garden
Networks22 Aug 2024 | 4
NASA's VIPER rover might still reach the lunar surface after all
Intuitive Machines tosses hat into the ring for NASA's canceled trundlebot
Science14 Aug 2024 | 13
US standards body proposes atomic clocks in lunar orbit to keep Moon time
Knowing precise time on satellite essential if we want accurate GPS-like system for exploration
Science13 Aug 2024 | 17
Report slams Boeing and NASA over shoddy quality that's delayed SLS blastoff
Space Launch System project overspent, under-built, and is overdue, government probe finds
Science09 Aug 2024 | 51
Bugging out: 53 years since humans first drove a battery-powered car on the Moon
Feature And you thought you had range anxiety
Science03 Aug 2024 | 17
It is 60 years since a US spacecraft first took a close-up of the Moon
Ranger 7 finally gets its shot. Five years later, humans would follow
Science31 Jul 2024 | 17
ESA's meteorite bricks hit Lego stores, but don't get your wallet out just yet
In space, no one can hear you scream when you step on one
Offbeat23 Jul 2024 | 32
Evidence for Moon caves emerges as humans hunt for hospitable hideaway under lunar surface
Lava tubes promise shelter in future Moon missions
Science15 Jul 2024 | 33
China's Chang'e-6 capsule returns with lunar loot from the far side
Now to figure out if it really is rich in useful stuff that could fuel further exploration
Science26 Jun 2024 | 25
Molten lunar regolith heats up space colonization dreams
Human settlement of the Moon made a little easier, maybe?
Science11 Jun 2024 | 35
China's Chang'e-6 lunar probe packs rocks and rolls back to Earth
Tasks on far side of the Moon were heavily automated
Science04 Jun 2024 | 4
55 years ago, Apollo 10's crew turned the airwaves blue
Shockingly, astronauts can curse when in high-stress situations
Science21 May 2024 | 67
Clock is ticking for NASA to fix bucket of issues before next Artemis mission
Heat shield that looks like the surface of the Moon plus fiberglass doors on the launch platform on the list
Science03 May 2024 | 32
China to launch sample return mission to the far side of the Moon – maybe next week
And hatches 2030 plan to beat US for Mars rock retrieval
Science30 Apr 2024 | 19
Japan's Moon lander makes it through another lunar night
What do we say to the God of Death? Not today
Science25 Apr 2024 | 16
Solar eclipse darkened skies, dampened internet traffic
Byteflow dropped by around half under some of the path of totality
Networks09 Apr 2024 | 25
NASA taps trio of companies to build the next generation of lunar rover
At $4.6 billion, this Moon malarkey is getting expensive
Science04 Apr 2024 | 13
US reckons it's about time the Moon had its own time zone
What's a few microseconds between friends? Quite a lot actually
Science03 Apr 2024 | 60
Japan's moon lander sparks joy by making it through a second lunar night
Brief awakening brought mixed news and familiar scenery
Science02 Apr 2024 | 4
DARPA tasks Northrop Grumman with drafting lunar train blueprints
Um. Let's successfully land on Moon without immediately faceplanting first, amirite?
Science20 Mar 2024 | 63
Russia plans to put a nuclear reactor on the Moon – with China's help
Roscosmos has had a few problems landing on the lunar surface recently
Science06 Mar 2024 | 26
Boffins propose fiber-optic network for the Moon
To detect seismic waves, silly
Science06 Mar 2024 | 24
The batteries on Odysseus, the hero private Moon lander, have run out
'Farewell' snap revealed by Intuitive Machines amid hope solar-powered craft may one day spring to life again
Science02 Mar 2024 | 37
Odysseus probe moonwalking on the edge of battery life after landing on its side
Controllers estimate 10-20 hours remain for Intuitive Machines lander
Science27 Feb 2024 | 25
Japan's SLIM unexpectedly wakes up on Moon after month-long nap
How's that for resilient?
Science27 Feb 2024 | 14
Intuitive Machines' lunar lander tripped and fell
Still works, though, says CEO, promising pics any day now
Science26 Feb 2024 | 33
Intuitive Machines' Odysseus prepares for Moon landing
Updated It slides into orbit. Now comes (another) hard part
Science22 Feb 2024 | 8
Intuitive Machines IM-1 heading for Moon on SpaceX rocket
Taking Disaster Recovery as a Service to lunar extremes
Science15 Feb 2024 | 3
Japan's lander wakes up, takes blurry snap of Moon
The Reg in Space29 Jan 2024 | 15
JAXA releases photo of SLIM lander in lunar faceplant
Mission a 'minimum' success because rovers deployed successfully
Science26 Jan 2024 | 42
Japan recovers moon lander data, puts craft to sleep due to solar panels' bad attitude
JAXA plans to reveal whether mission nailed its self-selected landing site later this week
Science23 Jan 2024 | 18
Japan's lunar lander is dying before our eyes after setting down on Moon
The real SLIM's shady
Science19 Jan 2024 | 47
Peregrine bows out with a bang as SLIM aims for Moon's rocky runway
Japanese lunar lander to attempt a soft touchdown
Science18 Jan 2024 | 8
Crippled Peregrine lunar lander set for fiery return to Earth in matter of days
Doing science and still alive ... but not for long
Science15 Jan 2024 | 12
NASA's Artemis Moon missions take a rain check until 2025 and beyond
No human will set foot on regolith for 2-plus years now
Science10 Jan 2024 | 39
Private lunar lander Peregrine mission's now measured in hours, not days
UK trumpets British tech aboard doomed spacecraft
Science09 Jan 2024 | 15
America's first private lunar lander suffers 'critical' fuel leak en route to Moon
Updated Astrobotic's Peregrine packed with NASA science gear and other payloads may be a bust
Science08 Jan 2024 | 38
NASA science bound for Moon after successful Vulcan Centaur launch
Your turn, Starship
Science08 Jan 2024 | 13
Another day, another delay to first Vulcan Centaur launch
Mission to the Moon likely to slip to 2024 following dress rehearsal issues
Science11 Dec 2023 | 6
America's ambitious Artemis III likely to miss 2025 Moon landing date, auditors sigh
Updated 'SpaceX has made limited progress maturing the technologies needed'
Science30 Nov 2023 | 54
Double Moon crater riddle solved? Spent Chinese rocket booster carrying mystery payload crash landed
We come in peace, or rather, pieces
Science17 Nov 2023 | 13
NASA geeks code new tricks to model rocket plumes and avoid a lunar dust-up
Supersonic hot gas not that awesome for rocky, dusty surface
HPC16 Nov 2023 | 6
RIP: Frank Borman, NASA commander of first Moon mission
Obit Former Air Force officer - also involved in first crewed rendezvous in space - dies aged 95
Science13 Nov 2023 | 7
NASA gasping for ideas to extract oxygen from Moon dirt
Wants 'tens of metric tons of O2 production per year' on the cheap
Science07 Nov 2023 | 11
From Apollo to Space Shuttle, Thomas K Mattingly's stellar journey ends at 87
Obit Dodged Apollo 13 disaster because of rubella, but helped to rescue the crew
Science06 Nov 2023 | 9
India's lunar landing made a mess on the Moon
'Ejecta halo' detected by orbiter reminds that life on Luna will be dirty, gritty, and sneezy
Science03 Nov 2023 | 45
Alien rock remains found not on but deep inside the Earth
Scientists offer explanation for origin of two anomalous structures nestled within our world
Science02 Nov 2023 | 21
Blue Origin pulls sheets off cargo lunar lander prototype
NASA: Nice rocket, but what about the dust?
Science30 Oct 2023 | 20
Moonstruck Modi wants lunar Indian crew by 2040
A space station, Venus, and Mars also on the cards but the budget is TBD
Science18 Oct 2023 | 5
Engineers pave the way for building lunar roads with Moon dust
Just melt it with lasers, say researchers in Germany
Science12 Oct 2023 | 34
Scientists trace tiny moonquakes to Apollo 17 lander – left over from 1972
Humans just can't leave anything alone, huh
Science13 Sep 2023 | 105
South Korea's Moon orbiter snaps India's lander
As Japan's space agency preps a rover to land on Martian moon Phobos
Science13 Sep 2023 | 7
NASA rockets draining its pockets as officials whisper: 'We can't afford this'
Watchdog finds space agency has no plans to measure SLS production costs
Science08 Sep 2023 | 84
Japan's 'Moon sniper' and its two ejectable landers make it into space
Now for the hard part: testing its ability to pick a safe landing spot
Science07 Sep 2023 | 4
India's Chandrayaan-3 Moon mission hibernates to see out a long lunar night
Spacecraft scheduled to snooze until September 22 when it's hoped machines return to duty
Science06 Sep 2023 | 9
India set to launch Sun-spotting satellite on Saturday
Meanwhile its Moon rover dodges a crater and spots sulphur
Science30 Aug 2023 | 6
India's Moon mission continues to triumph, Japan's waits for better weather
JAXA's SLIM scheduled to arrive after Chandrayaan-3 says goodnight
Science25 Aug 2023 | 7
India lands Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft on Moon, is the first to lunar south pole
Video with update Way to go, ISRO. Congrats on getting your rover rolling, too
Science23 Aug 2023 | 51
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