Historic lunar landing: U.S. spacecraft to touch down on the moon 02:19. The Odysseus lunar lander fired its main engine for six minutes and 48 seconds Wednesday, putting the spacecraft into a 57 ...

NASA's new moon program is called Artemis, after the twin sister of Apollo, but this Artemis crew doesn't look like the ones that would have been selected for the Apollo missions of the 1960s. NPR ...

When Will The Mini-Moon Orbit Earth? Asteroid 2024 PT5 will begin its roughly 57-day orbit around Earth on September 29, ... though the findings haven’t been made public yet.

Commercial spacecraft enters moon’s orbit ahead of landing attempt Thursday The Odysseus spacecraft, developed by Intuitive Machines, is vying to become the first U.S. vehicle to land on the ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — 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 mini-moon is on track to enter Earth’s orbit and come as close as 27,000 miles away. However, rather than some asteroid that will orbit around the Earth, it may actually just be some old space ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — 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 ...

“The Firefly team nailed our most challenging burn to date!” Firefly wrote in an update. “Starting at 7:51 p.m. CST on February 13, the team completed a 4 minute, 15 second Lunar Orbit ...

Along with giving the halo orbit a real-world test, the spacecraft, built by Florida-based Terran Orbital, also is equipped with communications gear enabling it to contact NASA's Lunar ...

NASA's Orion spacecraft has entered orbit around the moon, marking the start of its week-long orbit as part of the Artemis I mission. Skip to main content Menu ...

The moon, Earth's closest neighbor, is among the strangest planetary bodies in the solar system. Its orbit lies unusually far away from Earth, with a surprisingly large orbital tilt. Planetary ...