Unlike NASA’s successful Apollo moon landings that had billions of dollars behind them and ace astronauts at the helm, private companies operate on a limited budget with robotic craft that must land ...

The second-ever commercial landing on the moon comes amid a flurry of lunar exploration activity that will see around a dozen missions this year alone ...

There is also a Japanese private spacecraft, the ispace Resilience craft, currently on its way to the moon and expected to attempt a lunar landing in June.

Intuitive Machines' latest mission ended early after its lunar lander Athena touched down in a moon crater and fell onto its ...

The Blue Ghost mission to the moon has deployed one its NASA instruments, drilling into the moon's surface to collect ...

The Athena moon lander beamed home a poignant lunar view. Soon after, its mission ended. After performing excellently on its flight to and around the moon, Intuitive Machine's Athena spacecraft ...

Firefly originally intended to develop a spacecraft based on the design of Israel's Beresheet lander, which was the first ...

Blue Ghost, a Texas-built lunar lander, sent its final message home from the moon’s surface Sunday before powering down and ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Landing a spacecraft on the moon has long been a series of hits and misses. The latest casualty came this week after Intuitive Machines put another lander sideways on the ...

The IM-2 lander is believed to have reached the moon's south pole region, but its precise position and location are unclear.

The win comes just four days after Russia’s crash-landing. Japan becomes the fifth country to land successfully on the moon, with its spacecraft touching down in January. The craft lands on the ...

The win comes just four days after Russia’s crash-landing. Japan becomes the fifth country to land successfully on the moon, with its spacecraft touching down in January. The craft lands on the ...