On Sept. 20, 1970, the Soviet Union's Luna 16 moon probe landed on the moon to retrieve a soil sample. Four days later, it ...

China’s strategic ambition is reminiscent of the pioneering spirit of the Apollo missions that won the Space Race for the U.S ...

The next full moon will be on Monday, Oct. 6. It will officially reach its full moon phase at 11:48 p.m. EDT (0348 GMT on Oct. 7), but local moonrise times vary depending on location. The moon will ...

As NASA prepares to send astronauts to the Moon in the coming years, the agency is contemplating how to live and work on ...

In August, NASA Acting Administrator Sean Duffy directed the agency to fast-track an effort to land a reactor on the moon by late 2029. The agency wants a 100-kilowatt system, about enough to power a ...

One of the studies, led by Dr. Aleksandra Sokołowska of Brown University and Imperial College London, has identified 258 ...

The new week looks like starting on the front foot for stocks. But the putative rebound is a fraction of Friday’s tumble, when the the S&P 500 SPX shed 1.7%. While concerns about high valuations ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — Despite an issue with a hydraulic system during the first launch attempt, NASA and SpaceX were able to send up the Crew-10 on Friday night. This is the next step to bringing the ...

Similar to how Earth has interesting layers of soil, the Moon has “lunar regolith.” It is made due to the effect of meteoroids crashing into the Moon, as well as the particles charged from the Sun and ...