Earth will temporarily get a second moon next week when a tiny asteroid begins its two month orbit around the planet ...

The moon is getting a new visitor, as the Japanese company ispace has entered lunar orbit with its Resilience lander. Launched on January 15, the lander has taken a slow but fuel-efficient path to ...

A private lunar lander from Japan is now circling the moon, with just another month to go before it attempts a touchdown. Tokyo-based ispace said Wednesday morning its Resilience lander entered lunar ...

This is called a new moon. As the Moon continues to orbit Earth we can see more and more of the lit side. At various stages in its orbit it is called a crescent moon, a quarter moon and a gibbous ...

Credit: ispace WASHINGTON — Japanese company ispace says its second lunar lander in now in orbit around the moon ahead of a landing attempt in early June. The company announced May 6 its ...

NASA October 4: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 1 into earth orbit ... the moon but misses its target. Soviet lunar probes had been launched in 1958 but not announced to the public or acknowledged.

DARPA is soliciting a lunar orbiter capable of flying in the Moon’s unstable low orbit, from which it can conduct space domain awareness and water ice prospecting. The Lunar Assay via Small ...

The year’s first moon landing was a big success. The second not so much. Now a third commercial lunar lander has entered orbit around the moon ahead of its chance for glory next month.

This is called a new moon. As the Moon continues to orbit Earth we can see more and more of the lit side. At various stages in its orbit it is called a crescent moon, a quarter moon and a gibbous ...