NASA announced the four astronauts that will join the next Artemis mission — a test flight vital to putting astronauts back ...

Lunar Excursion Vehicle 2 (LEV-2), a lunar robot from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), could have been plucked from a science-fiction movie. It’s small—about the size of a baseball—it’s ...

A deep partial lunar eclipse on August 27-28, 2026, will be visible in North America and will be the best lunar eclipse anywhere on Earth until New Year's Eve 2028. When you purchase through links on ...

On January 19, 2024, a tiny, spherical rover called SORA-Q arrived on the Moon and unfurled itself into two halves to deploy wheels on each side. The miniature-sized robot, which could fit snugly into ...

NASA has selected Colorado-based aerospace startup Lunar Outpost as one of two companies to build lunar rovers for future Artemis astronauts to drive around the Moon’s south pole. The $220 million ...

A Japanese robot navigated the Moon's surface, beaming video back to Earth. The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) deployed the robotic unit after landing on the lunar ground. Once released, ...

Bill Harwood has been covering the U.S. space program full-time since 1984, first as Cape Canaveral bureau chief for United Press International and now as a consultant for CBS News. NASA has announced ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA has announced the four astronauts who will take part in the next mission of the Artemis moon program, kicking off a year or ...

The day Apollo 11 landed on the moon 40 years ago, it inspired Eddie Lee McGhee to name his newborn daughter after the lunar lander. But he didn't name her Eagle. He named her Module. Module McGhee ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — Like a giant Roman candle, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket soared into the night sky on Wednesday, carrying Intuitive Machines’ IM-2 lunar lander. Its destination is the moon, where ...

Goodyear is developing tires for a lunar terrain vehicle that will carry humans to the moon's south pole for the first time in 2028. The project, part of NASA's Artemis program, includes partnerships ...

On Tuesday, NASA announced the crew members chosen for the upcoming Artemis III orbital mission. No longer a crewed expedition to the Moon thanks to delays, Artemis III will pave the way for lunar ...