A preliminary investigation puts the apparent blame for Beresheet's April 11 moon crash on a "manual command" that was entered into the spacecraft's computer.

A NASA piggyback experiment may have survived the April 11 crash of Israel's Beresheet moon lander, experts said.

Israel's robotic Beresheet moon lander is nearing its moment of truth: an epic lunar touchdown attempt scheduled to occur between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. EDT on Thursday (April 11).

Beresheet will slip into orbit around the moon tomorrow morning (April 4) — if it aces a crucial engine burn.

NASA put a small, laser-reflecting instrument on Israel's Beresheet lunar lander. Here's why.

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter continues to monitor the whereabouts and wanderings of China's Yutu 2 rover on the moon's far side.

Russia's SIRIUS (Scientific International Research in Unique Terrestrial Station) experiment is now underway, simulating a flight to the moon.

Space mining could help open up the inner solar system to exploration.

Everything is going well for China's Chang'e 4 farside moon mission, according to Chinese media reports.

A two-week-long moon-Mars mission simulation will come to an end Wednesday (March 6).

The Soviet Union launched the Cosmos 482 Venus probe on March 31, 1972. But the failed Venus craft is crashing back to Earth soon.

China’s Chang'e 4 lander and rover made it through their first night on the moon's far side, surviving temperatures that plunged as low as minus 310 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 190 degrees Celsius).

This year we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11. And one small step (and giant leap) will celebrate that milestone in a distinct, creative way.

The secretive mission of a U.S. Air Force X-37B miniature space plane just winged past 500 days in Earth orbit.

China's Chang'e 4 lander and rover are now getting cold-soaked, as darkness falls on their touchdown site on the far side of the moon.

China's bold moon-exploration plans don't stop with the pioneering Chang'e 4 mission, which made the first-ever soft landing on the lunar far side on Jan. 2.

Scientists have used photos captured by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) to further pinpoint the landing locale of China's Chang'e 4 far-side mission.

China's far-side moon rover Yutu 2 has woken up from its nap as planned, according to Chinese media reports.

The proposed "Interstellar Probe" mission would aim to reach 90 billion miles (145 billion kilometers) from the sun, pushing the limits of engineering know-how and space technology.

China's Chang'e 4 mission will soon make a historic touchdown on the far side of the moon.

China's Chang'e 4 mission could have major effects on Earthbound science and politics.

New Horizons principal investigator Alan Stern discusses the mission and its Jan. 1 flyby of the mysterious, distant object Ultima Thule.

NASA's Opportunity Mars rover has been silent since June 10, a casualty of a mega-dust storm. But the robot's handlers haven't given up yet on Opportunity, which touched down on Mars in January 2004.

China is getting set to launch the first-ever surface mission to the moon's far side.