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

What does it take to end a nearly four-decade pause in lunar soft landings? In December 2013, China answered with precision engineering, myth-inspired symbolism and a rover named after a rabbit. A ...

Europe's plans to develop a robotic lunar lander are moving ahead with the announcement of an Italy-led consortium that will ...

The landing was a vindication for CLPS but an even bigger victory for Firefly, which had been known primarily as a launch ...

Blue Origin is offering the aerobrake, made out of an advanced 3D-woven material, in 10 m and 16 m configurations. As an ...

Hakuto-r captures a rare “terrestrial sunrise” during a total eclipse just before crashing into the Moon, revealing the ...