In 1967, NASA’s Surveyor 3 lander, which had been sent to gather data in preparation for the Apollo missions, captured a series of images that documented the first view of an eclipse from ...

China Opens Global Invitation for Tianwen-3 China has officially invited international scientists to participate in its ...

The most significant change since those 1970's experiments were conducted was the discovery of high levels of perchlorate on Mars. Perchlorate, plus abiotic oxidants, explains the Viking results and ...

The moon lander Athena made it to the lunar surface, but its condition and exact location remain unclear, Intuitive Machines ...

Moon exploration is undergoing a potentially transformative moment. Over the course of six weeks, three different lunar ...

The lander itself would feature a small ... which is planning its own Mars sample return expedition in the form of Tianwen-3, due to launch in 2028. NASA administrator Bill Nelson was dismissive ...

NASA's $850 million InSight Lander is the first designed to study the interior structure of Mars. Until now, NASA's landers mainly focused on exploring Mars' surface for signs of potential life.

China has invited the global scientific community to participate in its Tianwen-3 Mars exploration mission, according to a statement released by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) on March ...

Intuitive Machines etched its name in the history books a year ago when its spacecraft, Odysseus, became the first commercially-built lunar lander to ever make it to the moon. The lunar lander ...

The Athena lunar lander manufactured by Houston ... to pause and fuel up ahead of the first crewed missions to Mars. If all goes to plan, Athena should be landing on the moon's south pole on ...