Moon

The agency wants to send huge payloads towards the moon starting with Artemis 5. Getting there requires more power from recycled RS-25 space shuttle engines.

Throughout history, the has moon remained a favorite skywatching target for astronomers of all levels.

A spacesuit contest from the European Space Agency invites designers and makers to think of how best to represent "European identity" on the surface of the moon or Mars.

NASA's CAPSTONE moon mission had a communications glitch that took 11 days to resolve, but all is back to normal after the spacecraft rebooted itself Monday (Feb. 6).

After launching with SpaceX in December 2022, Lunar Flashlight ran into trouble in deep space. Now the mission is eyeing a high-Earth orbit that will allow monthly moon flybys.

Images from all around the world celebrated the 'micromoon' of February 2023, including pictures of monuments and a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch.

A United States company may touch down on the moon for the first time in 2023, but who will make the debut landing is hard to predict.

Stargazers across the world, as well as celebrants of China's Lantern Festival, hailed the arrival of the full snow moon in pictures.

Crew-6 will head to the International Space Station after its Feb. 26 launch, but three of its four crewmembers are preparing for the next generation of missions to the moon.

February's Full Snow Moon rises on Sunday (Feb. 5) and will be the smallest full moon of the year due to the current position of the moon in its orbit.

NASA has redirected the private Peregrine moon lander to a new touchdown site to increase science returns ahead of crewed Artemis missions.

February's Full Snow Moon rises on Sunday (Feb. 5), and you can watch it shine brightly in the sky from the comfort and warmth of your own home thanks to a free telescope webcast.

The moon has a date with the bright stellar twins of Gemini, Castor, and Pollux, on Friday night.

NASA's Space Launch System megarocket aced its first-ever liftoff late last year and appears ready to take the next big step — launching astronauts.

Collins, who died in 2021 at age 90, was the first person to orbit the moon solo during Apollo 11 in 1969.

While two names are cited repeatedly as top candidates for Artemis 2, a four-person moon mission, no official confirmation will come until at least late spring.

Canadian company Mission Control Space Services has an interplanetary test forthcoming: Proving its artificial intelligence on a moon rover mission.

On Saturday, Jan. 28, skywatchers will be able to see the year's 1st first quarter moon, when the moon appears to be half-lit from the perspective of Earth.

On Saturday (Jan. 28), the moon will cover Uranus in the night sky during a lunar occultation for some regions of Earth. In other places, the two bodies will share a close approach to one another.

Astrobotic's Peregrine moon lander wrapped up testing to prepare for spaceflight and is now waiting to be shipped to its Florida launch site.