The lunar exploration race is gaining momentum as countries and private organizations strive to unravel the mysteries of the Moon.

Honeybee Robotics' Lunar PlanetVac instrument shown at the end of Blue Ghost’s surface access arm. Firefly Aerospace Firefly’s Blue Ghost lander has been parked on the Moon for a little over a ...

The LuGRE payload on Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost set three main records that day in March: transmitting trackable signals from 205,674 miles, then doing the same from Lunar Orbit (243,000 miles), ...

"The successful SCALPSS operation is a key step in gathering fundamental knowledge about landing and operating on the moon, and this technology is already providing data that could inform future ...

The goal is to drill into the lunar surface within the Mare Crisium, a massive basin in the northeastern part of the Moon's near side, in hopes of better understanding the geology of the Earth's ...

Though the Earth blocks any direct sunlight from reaching the moon during a total solar eclipse, the sun still casts the Earth's shadow on the lunar surface. Because the sunlight is blocked ...

Before powering down, Athena briefly operated and transmitted data, making it the “southernmost lunar landing and surface operations ever achieved,” according to the company. Engineered by ...

Called Diviner, it is a radiometer that detects thermal emissions from the lunar surface to study how the surface warms and cools over the course of a lunar day. The idea behind keeping it ...

making lunar dust one of the most challenging features of living and working on the lunar surface. The EDS technology uses electrodynamic forces to lift and remove the lunar dust from its surfaces.

This celestial event happens when the Earth is positioned directly between the sun and a full moon, casting a shadow on the lunar surface. The eclipse will be visible to the naked eye, but binoculars ...

casting its shadow over the lunar surface. The WISN 12 Weather team will keep you updated with the visibility forecast.