JAXA small lunar landing demonstrator "SLIM ". Watch how it travels to the moon's surface in this animated explainer. Credit: ...

NASA’s orbiter snapped crisp images of where a private spacecraft crashed, revealing telltale marks of disturbed lunar soil.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — The Japanese company ispace announced that it believes its HAKUTO-R Mission 2 lunar lander has been lost while attempting to land on the moon on Thursday afternoon.

The lander carried six payloads, including an 11-lb. microrover named Tenacious, built by ispace's Luxembourg division. The ...

“Because the Flat Floor Facility is similar to an inverted air hockey table, NASA and our industry partners can rearrange ...

Celestis, which recently conducted a mission from California, will send cremated remains or human DNA to outer space for ...

A private lunar lander from Japan crashed while attempting a touchdown Friday, the latest casualty in the commercial rush to the moon.

The lunar lander during the Apollo missions stood 22 feet (7 meters) tall with its landing legs deployed. The next time ...

What You Need To Know. Intuitive Machines’ lunar lander took off from the Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A; Different equipment like drills, rovers and hoppers will be used on the mission ...

Celestis says it's the 1st company to offer space burials. Some remains, from "Star Trek" actors to JFK, have flown to orbit ...

At 4:02 p.m. on June 20, the humid air over Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, cracked open with a sound like every freight train in ...