The Odysseus lunar lander fired its main engine for six minutes and 48 seconds Wednesday, putting the spacecraft into a 57-mile-high orbit around the moon and setting the stage for a landing try ...

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A Japanese spacecraft just took a huge step toward pulling off the nation's first-ever moon landing. Japan's robotic SLIM moon lander arrived in lunar orbit on Christmas Day (Dec. 25) as planned, the ...

A moon lander built by Houston-based company Intuitive Machines reached lunar orbit on Wednesday, heading for an attempt at the first U.S. touchdown on Earth's nearest celestial neighbor in more than ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private U.S. lunar lander reached the moon and eased into a low orbit Wednesday, a day before it will attempt an even greater feat — landing on the gray, dusty surface. A ...

The Chang'e 6 mission's two spacecraft docked on Thursday (June 6) in lunar orbit. Samples of the moon's far side were transferred for return to Earth. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...