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Scientists say a giant impact knocked off the raw ingredients for the moon off the primitive molten Earth and into orbit.

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Artist's illustration of Spacebit's small "walking rover," which is scheduled to launch toward the moon aboard Astrobotic's Peregrine lander in 2021.

UK's 1st Moon Rover to Launch in 2021

By Mike Wall

The United Kingdom is set to make its own giant leap soon, with a very small rover.

Artist's illustration of a Centaur upper-stage rocket approaching the moon with the Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) shepherding satellite attached.

NASA Slammed a Rocket Body Into the Moon for Science 10 Years Ago Today

By Mike Wall

Ten years ago today (Oct. 9), NASA slammed a hunk of space junk into the moon, forever changing our perception of Earth's nearest neighbor.

Artist's illustration of an astronaut in the xEMU spacesuit with the Human Landing System in the background.

Moon 2024: NASA Wants Ideas for Lunar Spacesuit Tech

By Elizabeth Howell

NASA is looking to the private sector to help mature and manufacture the spacesuit it will need for its future moon missions, the first of which is targeted for 2024.

An artist's depiction of the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter studying the moon.

India's Chandrayaan-2 Moon Probe Just Beamed Back Its 1st Lunar Science

By Meghan Bartels

India's second-ever lunar orbiter arrived at the moon just over a month ago, and the probe's instruments have already begun sending home science data.

Artist's illustration of Intuitive Machines' Nova-C lunar lander on the moon.

Intuitive Machines, NASA's Hired Ride to the Moon, Aims for 2021 Lunar Landing

By Meghan Bartels

One of NASA's two hired rides to the moon's surface is tackling a host of milestones leading up to a July 2021 launch and looking ahead to future flights.

NASA aims to land two astronauts, including the first female moonwalker, on the lunar surface by 2024.

NASA's 2024 Moon Goal: Q&A with Human Landing System Chief Lisa Watson-Morgan

By Leonard David

A NASA official discusses how the agency plans to pull off the ambitious landing plan.

The moon over Huntsville, Alabama.

International Observe the Moon Night 2019: Skywatching Livestreams

By Elizabeth Howell

As NASA continues its push to land humans on the moon again in 2024, you can celebrate International Observe the Moon Night via two livestreams (if you can't catch the moon outside).

The CGI moon kit uses data from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter to create a 3D view of the moon.

NASA Shares Incredible 3D Map of the Moon

By Samantha Mathewson

NASA shared a new 3D animation of the moon, offering a stunning view of the lunar landscape.

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine (center) reviews the NDX-1 pressurized spacesuit, made at the University of North Dakota, along with spacesuit principal investigator and UND professor Pablo de Leon (right). At left is North Dakota senator Kevin Cramer. In a tweet accompanying this picture taken on Sept. 4, 2019, Bridenstine said of the NASA-funded spacesuits, "The work being done here will benefit our #Artemis program to send humans to the Moon and our eventual missions to Mars and beyond."

NASA Chief Talks Moon Landing and More in North Dakota

By Elizabeth Howell

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine stopped by the University of North Dakota on Sept. 4 to check out its spacesuits and possibly, recruit help for his looming moon deadline.

On Oct. 3, 2019, the waxing crescent moon will pass less than 2 degrees from the planet Jupiter. With binoculars or a telescope, you may be able to see Jupiter's four Galilean moons, too.

Moon Will Pay Visits to Jupiter and Saturn This Week. Here's How to See It

By Joe Rao

This week the moon is going to rendezvous with two bright "superior" planets.

The moon completely blocks the sun, revealing its faint corona, during the total solar eclipse of 2019, in Chile.

Earthshine's Faint Illumination of the Moon Captured in Glorious Eclipse Photo

By Miguel Claro

A stunning photo captured during the total solar eclipse of 2019 in Chile reveals the sun's mesmerising inner and outer corona, as well as the lunar earthshine.

Artist's illustration of Intuitive Machines' Nova-C lunar lander on the moon.

SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Will Launch Private Moon Lander in 2021

By Mike Wall

The Nova-C lander, built by Houston-based Intuitive Machines, will launch atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in 2021.

The crew module (top) and service module of the new Chinese crewed spacecraft.

This Is China's New Spacecraft to Take Astronauts to the Moon (Photos)

By Andrew Jones

China is developing a next-generation spacecraft for human spaceflight that would allow astronauts to travel to the moon and deep space.

An artist's illustration of NASA's Artemis moon lander fly astronauts to the moon by 2024.

NASA Is Now Accepting Proposals for Artemis Landers to Fly Astronauts to the Moon

By Tariq Malik

NASA is officially taking proposals for Artemis landers to fly astronauts to the moon by 2024.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk unveiled this new rendering of the company's Big Falcon Rocket spacecraft ahead of the announcement Sept. 17, 2018 of the first passenger to fly a trip around the moon.

Starship and Super Heavy: SpaceX's Mars-Colonizing Vehicles in Images

By Space.com Staff

Elon Musk founded SpaceX primarily to help humanity settle Mars, and here's a look at how he plans to do it — a giant rocket called Super Heavy and a 100-passenger vehicle called Starship.

The South Pole-Aitken basin (represented by the shades of blue at the center) stretches 1,550 miles (2,500 kilometers) across and is one of the solar system’s largest craters. The dashed circle indicates the spot where researchers found a weird material beneath the basin that contains metal.

Nobody Knows What Made the Gargantuan Crater on the Dark Side of the Moon

By Brandon Specktor

The moon's South Pole-Aitken basin is one of the largest craters in the solar system, and a new study debunks the most popular explanation for its formation.

The Orion capsule shown here will make NASA's first Artemis mission, an uncrewed test flight to the moon.

NASA Orders More Orion Spaceships for the Artemis Moon Missions

By Elizabeth Howell

NASA recently tasked a company to open production on the spacecraft that will bring astronauts to the moon as part of the Artemis program.

An image released by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter team on Sept. 17, 2019, shows the Vikram lander's attempted touchdown site.

India's Lost Moon Lander Is Somewhere in This NASA Photo

By Meghan Bartels

It looks like just a barren moonscape of craters, but somewhere in this image is a hunk of metal and electronics that carried a country's hopes of lunar science.

A map of Chang'e-4's landing site based on data gathered during the spacecraft's descent.

Here Is China's Most Detailed View Yet of Its Chang'e-4 Landing Site on the Far Side of the Moon

By Meghan Bartels

Landing on the moon takes only minutes, but analyzing that process afterward takes much longer.

New Moon

September New Moon 2019: Inner Planets Emerge from Sun's Glare in 'Moonless' Sky

By Jesse Emspak

The new moon occurs on Saturday, Sept. 28, at 2:26 p.m. EDT (1026 GMT) — one day after the moon reaches perigee, or the closest point to Earth in its orbit.