Feb 22 Watch 5:29 U.S. company lands private spacecraft on surface of the moon By Geoff Bennett, Miles O'Brien, Shoshana Dubnow It's the first U.S.-built spacecraft to land on the moon in more than 50 years, and the first ever by a private company. The Odysseus lander took off from Cape Canaveral last week and made it to the lunar surface… Continue watching
Feb 22 Private lander touches down on the moon but is sending a weak signal By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press The lander’s choreographed descent was the first for the U.S. since 1972, when Apollo 17’s Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt left the last bootprints in the desolate gray dust. Continue reading
Feb 21 A private U.S. moon lander has reached low lunar orbit, a day ahead of attempting to land By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press On Thursday, flight controllers in Houston will lower the spacecraft's orbit and attempt a landing near the moon's south pole. Continue reading
Jan 21 Japan has joined an elite club by landing on the moon. Here's what others are doing By Foster Klug, Associated Press Japan landed a spacecraft on the moon Saturday, a milestone that puts the country in a club previously occupied by only the United States, the Soviet Union, India and China. Here’s a look at high-profile recent and upcoming attempts, and… Continue reading
Sep 23 How India's rover findings of sulfur in lunar soil could pave the way for future moon bases By Jeffrey Gillis-Davis, The Conversation India's Chandrayaan-3 rover has found sulfur on the moon's surface at higher concentrations than previously seen. Sulfur in soils near the moon's poles might help astronauts live off the land one day. Continue reading
Aug 30 PHOTOS: Blue supermoon beams around the world By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press The closest full moon of the year is dazzling stargazers on Wednesday night. Continue reading
Aug 23 Watch 6:15 The significance of India's successful landing on the moon's south pole By Amna Nawaz, Miles O'Brien, Mary Fecteau It was a historic day for India as it became the fourth country to land on the moon. It comes after a failed attempt in 2019 and just days behind a failed Russian lunar landing. Prime Minister Modi watched alongside… Continue watching
Aug 23 India becomes only the 4th country to successfully land a spacecraft on the moon By Ashok Sharma, Associated Press India made history by becoming the first country to touch down near the little-explored south pole region. Continue reading
Aug 10 Russia launches its first mission to the moon in almost 50 years By Jim Heintz, Emma Burrows, Associated Press A rocket carrying a lunar landing craft blasted off Friday on Russia’s first moon mission in nearly 50 years, racing to land on the lunar south pole before a spacecraft from India gets there. Continue reading
Jul 30 Get ready to catch a double supermoon feature this August. Here's when to look By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press The last time two full supermoons graced the sky in the same month was in 2018. It won’t happen again until 2037, according to Italian astronomer Gianluca Masi, founder of the Virtual Telescope Project. Continue reading