It was at the time of the Apollo 11 landing," space historian Roger Launius said in an interview, explaining that people were immediately doubtful that people had landed on the moon. New York ...

The spacecraft, about the size of a small car, conducted a series of experiments. It drilled three feet into the lunar soil, took X-ray images of the magnetic bubble that surrounds and protects Earth ...

Thanks to visual effects artist, Michael Ranger, we’ve all been able to get a look at more of the Moon and see what it would ...

The Blue Ghost spacecraft, named for a species of firefly, took eclipse chasing to new heights. Not only did it see the Earth ...

Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin said in a post on the social media platform X: "'Contact light, engine stop!' Congratulations FireFly Aerospace for Blue Ghost's Mission 1 successful Moon landing ...

landing and return of this historic mission—one of humanity’s greatest achievements and the first to put men on the moon. With a newly-discovered trove of never-before-seen 70mm footage and audio ...

Landing a spacecraft on the moon has long been a series of hits and misses. Only five countries have done it. The latest ...

Landing on the Moon is risky. In the last decade, the success rate for lunar landing attempts is a little above 50 percent—6-for-11—and two ... Blue Ghost's landing site on the upper right ...

The lander was near the intended target site ... ending America’s moon-landing drought of more than 50 years. Until then, the U.S. had not landed on the moon since Apollo 17 in 1972.

NASA clinches the space race with the Soviets in 1969 with a moon landing by Apollo 11’s Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. Twelve astronauts explore the surface over six missions, before the ...