The US was the last country to put humans on the moon's surface in 1972, but China is shaping up to edge out NASA to be the ...

China's Chang'e-6 mission landed on the moon’s South Pole-Aitken Basin, according to the China National Space Administration ...

China is rapidly advancing its lunar program with an ambitious goal to land astronauts on the Moon by 2030. This development ...

China aims to put its astronauts on the moon by 2030. For NASA to get back there first, it needs SpaceX to quickly complete ...

The Amazon founder’s space company will transport NASA's VIPER rover to the lunar south pole—if it proves capable of delivering a payload to the moon in an upcoming mission. NASA’s VIPER lunar rover ...

The crew on the Chinese Tiangong space station enjoyed tasty treats for mid-Autumn festival while spending time looking at the Earth below them. Chinese astronauts dug out tasty treats for the ...

If an asteroid is on a collision course with the moon, what should humanity do? Try to nudge the space rock out of the way before it strikes? Obliterate it with a nuclear explosion? Such a cosmic ...

That limited the Rover to a 57-mile (92-km) total range, which the Apollo 15 crew shared with the two missions that followed it. The LTV will bring a much better return for the effort expended in ...

International Observe the Moon Night 2025 is upon us! Here's what to look for when the lunar disk rises above the eastern horizon on Oct. 4. Each year NASA teams up with a host of international ...

A government shutdown could begin on Wednesday, halting pay for hundreds of thousands of federal workers and delaying services, as lawmakers remain deadlocked over funding past Sept. 30. The financial ...

NASA may have discovered a biosignature on Mars, but could China be in position to get crucial samples back to Earth first to make a definitive analysis? NASA's Perseverance team announced on Sept. 10 ...