The Blue Ghost spacecraft, named for a species of firefly, took eclipse chasing to new heights. Not only did it see the Earth block the Sun from an unexplored location on the Moon, but the lander fell ...

The documentary tells the story of Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee, who died after a fire erupted in their spacecraft on the launch pad.

Astronaut Edgar Dean Mitchell's experience in space led him to found the Institute of Noetic Sciences, which explores the science behind psychic and spiritual phenomena.

Astronomy contributor and lunar expert Robert Reeves looks back on a Texas-sized achievement in Moon exploration.

Firefly Aerospace on Monday announced the conclusion of its Blue Ghost lunar lander mission, declaring it the first “fully ...

Crew-10 pilot Nichole Ayers spearheaded the process of creating the patch on behalf of her crewmates, commander Anne McClain ...

The original assumption was that commercial lunar landings would be, to use a basketball term, “shots on goal” with some of them failing.

However, further research and testing are warranted to refine and implement these innovations for future space missions, contributing to the advancement ... an extravehicular activity (EVA)—using the ...

The last time humans set foot on the Moon was 19 December 1972, during the Apollo 17 mission. "The Apollo missions were hugely successful," explained Dr Barber. "But they were 'touch and go ...

In February 2024, Intuitive Machines became the first private company to achieve a soft lunar landing – also the first US landing since the crewed Apollo 17 mission of 1972. However, the success was ...

More than fifty years passed between the last Apollo mission and America's return to ... forming a dark patch visible from Earth, according to NASA. Early astronomers mistakenly believed these ...