However, DARPA wants the LASSO spacecraft to orbit the moon as low as 6.2 miles (10 km). "The orbiting spacecraft needs to ...

What new technologies or methods can be developed for more efficient in-situ planetary subsurface analyses? This is what a recent study presented at the 56th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference ...

The breakthrough comes from researchers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, who set out to replicate the harsh lunar ...

The mission team knows Lunar Trailblazer's precise position thanks to ground-based tracking, NASA officials said the update.

NASA will continue efforts to restore contact with Lunar Trailblazer through mid-June, holding out hope it can still conduct ...

The moon is getting a new visitor, as the Japanese company ispace has entered lunar orbit with its Resilience lander.

NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) are bringing us closer than we’ve been in decades to regular lunar exploration and scientific discovery. As a scientist, I admire what these ...

NASA scientists have taken a big step toward solving a lunar mystery by recreating the moon’s tough, airless conditions right ...

How can nanosatellites help advance lunar exploration and settlement? This is what a recent study presented at the 56th Lunar ...

Lunar samples show evidence that solar wind could be behind the water molecules on the moon's surface, according to NASA. The ...

Learn why water levels are important to understand on the moon and how it could impact future missions to build exploration ...

A NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory and Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter composite image showing an artificially rim-lit moon in ...