A Japanese lunar lander called Resilience failed to softly touch down on the moon’s surface on June 5. The spacecraft’s status is currently unknown after Tokyo-based company ispace lost communication ...

Ispace crashed on the moon in 2023. Its second spacecraft, Resilience, aims in the hours ahead to succeed where its predecessor failed.

When the Trump administration released a preview of its budget proposal in early May, it was clear that NASA was facing ...

Finally, in the mid-20th century, humans visited Earth’s moon and saw its surface up close. Since then, a volley of spacecraft have studied our nearest celestial neighbor, swooping low over its ...

As lunar missions accelerate, scientists are raising red flags about potential tidal disruptions on Earth. Emerging research suggests that frequent landings, heavy equipment, and artificial ...

IS PAYING OFF. FOR TWO YEARS, THIS STORE SPACE SAT EMPTY, MAKING THE SURROUNDING AREA A FOOD DESERT. BUT COMMUNITY MEMBERS TOOK MATTERS INTO THEIR OWN HANDS TO GET THE KIND OF GROCERY STORE THEY ...

The lunar mantle is the layer located beneath the crust and above the core, spanning a depth about 22-870 miles (35-1,400 km) under the surface. The mantle makes up roughly 80% of the moon's mass ...

U.S. retail sales growth slowed sharply in April as the boost from households front-loading motor vehicle purchases ahead of ...

Our knowledge of the moon has expanded through human and robotic missions that have revealed details about its surface and interior, yet many questions about its deep structure and history remain. As ...

The first was interference with the readings from Athena's laser altimeter, the instrument that helped the lander gauge its distance from the lunar surface. "In the final phase of descent ...

It was my first trip to Japan from the US, so I did plenty of research about must-try foods. Oysters in Hiroshima. Kaiseki meals in Kyoto. Egg salad from a convenience store? During my research ...

Athena's fall prevented those two other spacecraft from deploying onto the lunar surface. IM-2 followed on the heels of IM-1, a CLPS mission that put Intuitive Machines' Odysseus spacecraft on the ...