A growing fleet of privately built spacecraft is preparing to attempt robotic landings on the moon as humanity's exploration ...

Altoona Area High School invited students from the McAuliffe Heights Elementary School to help celebrate the completion of the Lunar Lander simulator at the Neil Armstrong Planetarium and Space Museum ...

McAuliffe Heights fifth grader Mayson Becker watches the “Always Above” sky show in the Neil Armstrong Planetarium on Friday. Mirror photo by Matt Churella After two years of critical thinking, ...

A wave of commercial moon missions is expected to reach the lunar surface in 2026, signaling a major shift in space ...

A second commercially-built moon lander, this one built by Houston-based Intuitive Machines, landed near the moon's south pole Thursday, but telemetry indicated it ended up on its side. The lander is ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private lunar lander is no longer working after landing sideways in a crater near the moon's south pole and its mission is over, officials said Friday. The news came less ...

For the second time in less than a week, an uncrewed American lunar lander has touched down on the surface of Earth's celestial neighbor as NASA races to get humans back to the moon in the years ahead ...

Four-and-a-half months after launch atop a Falcon 9 rocket, a privately-built Japanese lander attempted to touch down on the moon Thursday, but telemetry indicated a higher-than-expected descent ...

"On July 20, 1969, the human race accomplished its single greatest technological achievement of all time when a human first set foot on another celestial body. Six hours after landing at 4:17 p.m.

Lunar landers occupy a pivotal role in modern space exploration, merging advanced dynamic analysis with innovative mechanical design to ensure precise, reliable surface operations. The engineering ...

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