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The historic success of India's Chandrayaan-3 mission also makes it the first nation to softly land near the Moon's south pole.

India Just Became the Fourth Ever Country to Land on the Moon

By Frank Landymore

After Russia’s Failure, India Is Preparing to Land on the Moon

After Russia’s Failure, India Is Preparing to Land on the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

Russia’s Moon Lander Crashing Is a Catastrophe for Its Space Program

Russia’s Moon Lander Crashing Is a Catastrophe for Its Space Program

By Victor Tangermann

Russian state media recently shared the first images taken by its Luna-25 spacecraft, showing the Earth as a small dot in the distance.

Russia Sends Back Photos From Trip to Moon

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's adorable new Moon rovers are lightweight and about the size of a carry-on — and as a video shows, they can get some sweet air, too.

Watch NASA’s New Moon Rover Yeet Itself Over a Boulder

By Noor Al-Sibai

The European Space Agency appears to be preoccupied with what goes on in astronauts' underwear — and is doing research on it, too.

Europe Worried About Nasty Crotch Situation Among Moon Astronauts

By Noor Al-Sibai

A large, radioactive hunk of granite was discovered beneath the lunar surface, a surprising discovery that speaks to the Moon's volcanic past.

Scientists Discover Mysterious Radioactive Rock on the Far Side of the Moon

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The Indian Space Research Organization has fully assembled its Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft and plans to launch on July 14.

India to Launch Third Moon Mission Next Week After Failed Landing Attempt

By Frank Landymore

NASA researchers say Moon astronauts should consider that microbial life could survive in shadowed niches near the south pole.

NASA Says There May Be Life on the Moon After All

By Victor Tangermann

NASA is getting increasingly worried that SpaceX's Starship may not be ready for the space agency's return to the lunar surface in 2025.

NASA Worried SpaceX’s Failure Will Push Back Landing on the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

NASA chief Bill Nelson has Moon water on the mind — also, specifically, the idea that China might get to that precious Moon water first.

NASA Head Worried China Will Steal America’s God-Given Moon Water

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

One of Saturn's weirdest moons has been captured by the James Webb Space Telescope spewing a gigantic plume of water vapor.

James Webb Catches Saturn’s Moon Squirting

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has spotted the impact site of Japanese company ispace's lunar lander.

NASA Says It May Have Spotted Remains of Crashed Japanese Moon Lander

By Victor Tangermann

NASA officially awarded a Blue Origin-led team a $3.4 billion contract for its upcoming Artemis V mission to the Moon.

NASA Awards Sore Loser Jeff Bezos a Consolation Prize Moon Contract

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is testing out a snake-like robot that is meant to one day climb into the icy vents of Saturn's moons.

NASA Tests Snake Robot Designed to Look for Alien Life on Icy Moons

By Victor Tangermann

Dmitry Rogozin, the former head of Russia's space corporation Roscosmos, doesn't believe NASA landed on the Moon.

Former Roscosmos Head Refuses to Believe NASA Landed on the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers at NASA's Johnson Space Center have successfully extracted oxygen from simulated lunar soil inside a vacuum chamber.

NASA Extracts Oxygen From Simulated Moon Dust

By Victor Tangermann

Landing on the Moon is hard, so scientists at the MBR Space Centre in Dubai aren't beating themselves up too hard about this failed attempt.

Scientists Celebrate After Their Lunar Rover Smashes Into the Moon and Dies

By Frank Landymore

After spending the last five months making its way to the Moon, a Japanese spacecraft is about to make its first attempt to land on the lunar surface.

A Private Spacecraft Will Attempt to Land on the Moon Tomorrow

By Victor Tangermann

Japanese lunar lander Hakuto-R Mission 1, developed by ispace, lost contact with mission control during today's landing attempt.

Private Company Landing on Moon Appears to Have Failed

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has turned its giant 6.2 million-gallon Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) into a replica of the surface of the Moon to train astronauts.

NASA Building Huge Underwater Moon Replica

By Victor Tangermann

Ever wanted to know what the Moon smells like? According to NASA astronaut Buzz Aldrin, it smells like spent gunpowder.

What Does the Moon Smell Like?

By Noor Al-Sibai

Three brothers who used to work at SpaceX walk into a bar and order some Moon water — stop me if you've heard this one before.

Ex-SpaceX Brothers Working on Spacecraft Powered by Moon Water

By Noor Al-Sibai

China is planning to kick off work on a Moon base using bricks made of lunar soil within the next five years, state-run news outlet CGTN reports.

China Announces Plans to Build Moon Base Using Lunar Soil

By Victor Tangermann

If you're sending humans back to the Moon for the first time in over 50 years, you better make sure your astronauts are safe — and look good while doing it.

NASA’s Moon Spacesuits Are Brain-Meltingly Expensive

By Frank Landymore

There's a random Canadian astronaut going to the Moon with three Americans from NASA next year — and according to him, that's by design.

Canadian Astronaut Says He’s Going to the Moon So NASA Can Blame Him If Anything Goes Wrong

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA astronaut chief Joe Acaba wanted to get three lucky astronauts all in the same meeting to tell them they were Moon-bound. Easier said than done.

NASA Ran Into Trouble Telling Astronauts They Were Going to the Moon

By Frank Landymore

NASA has announced the astronauts who will fly to the Moon during the Artemis II mission, the first humans to head to the Moon in more than 50 years.

NASA Announces the Astronauts Who Are Returning to the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

Space startup Astrolabs has signed a contract with SpaceX to send its rover to the Moon as soon as 2026 on board the space company's Starship rocket.

Space Startup to Send a Rover to the Moon on Board a SpaceX Starship

By Victor Tangermann

The crypto platform LunarCrush will be stowing a bounty of 62 Bitcoin on the Moon, currently worth around $1.5 million — and it's completely up for grabs.

SpaceX Flying Bitcoin Bounty to Moon, Where Anyone Can Grab It If They Can Get There

By Frank Landymore

Chinese researchers found an entirely new source of water on the surface of the Moon in the form of tiny glass beads.

China Found Something Fascinating in Glass Beads Strewn Across Moon

By Victor Tangermann

The moons of Uranus could harbor oceans that are ungratefully spewing magnetized plasma particles onto their host planet's surface.

Scientists May Have Just Discovered New Oceans in Two of Uranus’ Moons

By Frank Landymore

Rolls-Royce Will Be Building a Nuclear Reactor for the Moon

Rolls-Royce Will Be Building a Nuclear Reactor for the Moon

By Noor Al-Sibai

Crashing Moons Might Be Annihilating Aliens Somewhere, Researchers Argue

Crashing Moons Might Be Annihilating Aliens Somewhere, Researchers Argue

By Frank Landymore

NASA Debuts Its Brand New Sci-Fi-Inspired Moonsuit — But It’s a Rental

By Noor Al-Sibai

Florida-based startup Lonestar Data Holdings will be testing a data center on the Moon, which it believes could be the most secure location for data yet.

Florida Man Plotting to Build Web Servers on the Moon

By Frank Landymore

The Moon, beautiful as she is, is easy to love. Which is why she has to know: would you still love her... if she were a worm?

Would You Still Love the Moon If It Was a Worm?

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

NASA has reinforced the launch date for its crewed Artemis II Moon mission next year — that is, if they're able to make it.

NASA Says It’ll Be Launching Crewed Moon Mission Around Thanksgiving 2024

By Noor Al-Sibai

Jupiter's Galilean moons also having fascinating auroras like the Northern lights on Earth, but can be even more colorful and powerful.

Astronomers Spot Stunning Auroras On Jupiter’s Moons

By Frank Landymore

A team of astrophysicists is suggesting we could protect the Earth from global warming by shooting lunar dust into space to shade the Earth from sunlight.

Scientists Unveil Plan to Mount Cannons on the Moon to Fight Climate Change

By Victor Tangermann

As the Artemis mission's 2024 launch date steadily approaches, NASA is undertaking its secretive selection process to decide who will be sent to the Moon.

NASA Finalizing Secretive Decision on First Astronauts for the Artemis Moon Mission

By Noor Al-Sibai

Saturn's icy moon Enceladus isn't only suspected to hold a liquid ocean beneath its icy crust — it's also covered in an astonishing amount of snow.

Something Weird Is Happening on Saturn’s Snow-Covered Moon, Scientists Say

By Victor Tangermann

South Korea's lunar orbiter has taken a fascinating image of the wall and floor of the Shackleton Crater on the shadowy far side of the Moon.

New Orbiter Can See Inside Moon Craters Hidden in Total Darkness

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has issued a grant for an autonomous aircraft concept dubbed TitanAir designed to skim over the liquid methane lakes of Saturn's icy moon Titan.

NASA Considers Surfing the Lakes of Saturn’s Moon With an Autonomous Airplane

By Victor Tangermann

NASA administrator and former astronaut Bill Nelson is afraid that China may get to the Moon first — and claim portions of the surface as its own territory.

The Head of NASA Is Scared Chinese Astronauts Will Seize Portions of the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has released a stunning infrared image of Jupiter's moon Io, which shows the celestial body's volcanically-active surface.

NASA Spacecraft Snaps Incredible Image of Volcano-Covered Moon

By Victor Tangermann

After its splashdown in the Pacific, NASA's Orion spacecraft, back from beyond the Moon, is now on solid ground, and it's looking pretty burned.

Close Up Shows Charred NASA Capsule After Returning From the Moon

By Frank Landymore

Titan is Saturn's largest and most mysterious moon, and new observations from the James Webb may help understand how it formed its unique atmosphere.

James Webb Captures Its First Look At Saturn’s Most Mysterious Moon

By Frank Landymore

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa has announced the crew of his upcoming flight around the Moon on board a SpaceX Starship, which includes DJ Steve Aoki.

Billionaire Paying for Steve Aoki to Join Him on SpaceX Moon Vacation

By Victor Tangermann

While we're photos won't ever do the Moon's sheer size perfect justice, a new video from the Artemis mission's uncrewed Orion spacecraft might come close.

Epic Artemis Video Shows the Astonishing Size of the Moon

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Part of the maiden voyage of NASA's Artemis Moon mission, the Orion capsule is now headed back from lunar orbit and will splash down soon in the Pacific.

Skkrt! NASA’s Orion Heads Back to Earth, Leaves Moon in the Dust

By Noor Al-Sibai

The Orion spacecraft in its journey past the Moon has captured a stunning, perspective-inducing photo that shows both the Earth and Moon in view.

Amazing Artemis Photo Shows Every Human, Alive or Dead, Plus the Moon

By Frank Landymore

3D printing firm ICON just landed a $57.2 million contract from NASA for Project Olympus, the company's mission to create 3D-printed Moon shelters.

NASA Hires Company to 3D Print American Base on the Moon

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

NASA's Artemis mission has, after months of delay and tens of billions of dollars, finally reached the Moon, which it will orbit for the next 3.5 weeks.

Rejoice! NASA’s Artemis I Is Now Orbiting the Moon

By Noor Al-Sibai

Scott Kelly, the retired NASA astronaut who once held the American record for the longest time spent in a single off-world orbit, is an outspoken guy.

Retired NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly Dishes on Ukraine, Russia, and Moon Mission

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A spaceflight photographer took to Twitter to post a mesmerizing video of the Artemis I launch, only to find himself the victim of an AI error.

Twitter Claims Video of Moon Rocket Launch Is Revenge Porn

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

NASA apparently barred the press from photographing the Artemis moon rocket launch when it lifted its Orion capsule off to space earlier this week.

NASA Orders Press Not to Photograph Launch Site After Moon Mission Takes Off

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA Says It’s Fine That Some Pieces May Have Fallen Off Its Moon Rocket During Launch

NASA Says It’s Fine That Some Pieces May Have Fallen Off Its Moon Rocket During Launch

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA has successfully launched its gigantic Space Launch System (SLS) Moon rocket early Wednesday morning, a landmark moment.

Giant NASA Rocket Blasts Off Toward the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

Teams have closed the hatch of NASA's Orion capsule sitting on top of its gigantic Space Launch System (SLS) Moon rocket.

NASA Shuts Hatch on Rocket Launching to the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

According to officils, a ten feet-long piece of insulation peeled away from NASA's Moon rocket while Hurricane Nicole stormed by.

NASA Says Hurricane Nicole Peeled Off Part of Its Huge Moon Rocket

By Victor Tangermann

Winds reached 87 knots or 100 mph at the launch pad of NASA's SLS Moon rocket, which may have damaged it.

NASA Inspecting Moon Rocket for Damage From Hurricane Nicole

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's uber-expensive Space Launch System (SLS) Moon rocket is officially back on the launch pad, but the agency is getting nervous about Hurricane Nicole.

NASA Watches Nervously as Hurricane Threatens Exposed Moon Rocket

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has rolled out its gigantic Space Launch System (SLS) Moon rocket to the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center yet again.

NASA Rolls Moon Rocket Out to the Pad for Lunar Mission

By Victor Tangermann