CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Landing a spacecraft on the moon has long been a series of hits and misses.
Japanese startup ispace on Tuesday set a June 6 target touchdown date for its moon lander, following the success of its ...
The moon is littered with wreckage from failed landings over the years. A rundown on the moon’s winners and losers: The Soviet Union’s Luna 9 successfully touches down on the moon in 1966 ...
The Soviet Union’s Luna 9 successfully touches ... NASA clinches the space race with the Soviets in 1969 with a moon landing by Apollo 11’s Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.
The Houston-based company put its Athena spacecraft on the moon just after 12:30 p.m. ET. The landing site is closer to the lunar south pole than any human or vehicle has traveled before.
Five nations have made successful soft landings in the past — the then-Soviet Union, the U.S., China, India and, last year, ...
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 ...