Looking up at the moon in the night sky, it’s difficult to grasp just how dramatic the topography of its surface really is.
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory described the complicated maneuver that will get the Trailblazer in a position to reach lunar orbit in a release published this week. Lunar Trailblazer will separate ...
As NASA astronauts aim for landings in 2027, geologists find surprises in recently retrieved samples from the far ...
Before arriving at the moon, the small satellite mission will use the gravity of the sun, Earth, and moon over several months ...
The Lunar Trailblazer satellite will depart at the end of the month on a mission to find and map water on the surface of the ...
Two such lunar canyons, Vallis Schrödinger and Vallis Planck, stretch over 270 km (168 miles) each, with depths of 2.7 km ...
The space station and one other Easter egg — the site of NASA's next human moon landing — are hidden in this lucky photo.
Exploratorium staff said that they will offer several programs throughout the duration of “Look Up” that complement the main ...
For most of history, the Moon was regarded as a mysterious and powerful object. Then scientists made it into a destination ...
Many photos McCarthy has taken of the space station in the past show the ship as a silhouette in Earth's shadow. This time he ...
Scientists have long thought that the South Pole-Aitken basin was formed by a shallow-angle impact, but new research suggests ...
India's Chandrayaan-3 mission achieved a historic soft landing on the Moon's South Pole on August 23, 2023. ISRO's study ...