A private lunar lander, Athena, has sent back breathtaking images of Earth from space, capturing a unique view of our planet ...

Over 50 years after the final Apollo mission, the US returned to the lunar surface last february with the landing of its ...

Now, the United States is working to make private lunar missions routine through NASA's $2.6 billion Commercial Lunar Payload Services program, a public-private initiative designed to deliver hardware ...

The agency said Thursday the mission, launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, is carrying NASA instruments to be utilized ...

If you haven’t been hit with the overview effect in a while, take a moment to look at these beautiful pictures from Athena, a ...

Like throwing a dart and hitting the bullseye on a moving target in the next city over: that’s what it’s like trying to land a spacecraft on the moon.

Three private lunar landers are on their way to the moon right now, a surge of exploration never before seen in spaceflight ...

There's certainly lots of enthusiasm about these moon endeavors. But landing on the moon remains daunting, largely because it ...

Odin, named for the father of Thor in Norse mythology, will be one of the first spacecraft developed by a private sector ...

A private company launched another lunar lander Wednesday, aiming to get closer to the moon's south pole this time with a ...

With the launch of Intuitive Machines’ Athena, three lunar landers are en route to the moon for the first time in history.