China recently conducted a test of a lunar lander, marking a turning point in the country’s space ambitions. The experiment is a central part of efforts to land astronauts on the moon by the end of ...

NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center experts in Huntsville, Alabama, are conducting crucial tests for a safe lunar landing. They have been firing a 14-inch 3D-printed hybrid rocket motor, developed at ...

A Long March 5 lifts off from Wenchang spaceport, Oct. 23, carrying the TJS-20 satellite into orbit. Credit: Ourspace HELSINKI — China is building towards a debut Long March 10 rocket launch in what ...

China has completed a critical landing and take-off test of its crewed lunar lander, moving a step closer to putting astronauts on the moon before 2030. A prototype of the four-legged Lanyue (“embrace ...

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Over a half-century after the triumph of Apollo, it's frustrating to see China take the lead in a new space race as the White House shackles NASA to exert political control. The China Manned Space ...

Nearly five months ago, a SpaceX rocket launched out of Florida carrying two lunar landers. The Blue Ghost spacecraft, from Texas-based Firefly Aerospace, zoomed to the moon, and in March it became ...

When spacecraft land on the moon, their engines unleash huge clouds of dust and debris that can damage expensive equipment and threaten future lunar bases. As space agencies plan to establish a ...

"It was the kind of thing that only happens once in your life," Kranz said. As millions around the world watched the first lunar landing attempt, the employees at NASA's mission control center in ...