The mission team knows Lunar Trailblazer's precise position thanks to ground-based tracking, NASA officials said the update.

A new analysis of satellite scans from the deepest lunar craters has led to some surprising and chilling results that could ...

DARPA is seeking proposals for a small lunar orbiter that could be used to test operations in very low orbits while ...

DARPA (the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) is looking for a private company to build spacecraft to orbit the ...

A NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory and Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter composite image showing an artificially rim-lit moon in ...

Water ice on the Moon has always been seen as a cornerstone for future exploration. It could provide drinking water, oxygen, ...

Scientists are using cutting-edge techniques to track water ice on the Moon—an essential resource for future space missions.

All the lunar landing components operated through the thermal swings ... "It will require us to have a tandem orbiter, to ...

Scientists and space explorers have been on the hunt to determine where and how much ice is present on the moon. Water ice ...

Lunar surface characteristics—mineral composition, geology, and environment—are vital for lunar science. Spectral imagers ...

The final output provides quantitative mineral distribution maps that enable accurate geological interpretation and resource evaluation of the lunar surface Credit must be given to the creator.