Luna 9 was the first spacecraft to soft-land on the Moon, sending the first images from the lunar surface to Earth. The Luna ...

Two research teams have identified possible landing sites for Luna 9, the first human-made object to safely reach the lunar ...

The journey to the moon and the successful landing on the lunar surface. One of the astronauts remained in orbit in the Command/Service Module (CSM), while the other two landed on the moon in the ...

(NASA) – On Feb. 9, 1971, the nine-day Apollo 14 Moon landing mission came to a successful conclusion with the splashdown of astronauts Alan B. Shepard, Stuart A. Roosa, and Edgar D. Mitchell aboard ...

Three developments stand out that will make the return to the moon effort different from the first time we visited Earth’s ...

This video examines the Apollo Lunar Module, the spacecraft that enabled astronauts to land on the moon's surface. It covers ...

That acknowledged, this launch, costing billions of dollars, raises many more questions than it answers. Primarily, why is ...

On February 5, 1971, two Apollo 14 astronauts landed on the moon! Apollo 14 commander Alan Shepard and the lunar module pilot ...

NASA's long-awaited moonshot with astronauts is off until at least March because of hydrogen fuel leaks that marred the dress ...

From strange lights to unexplained sights, explore mysterious things astronauts have witnessed during their missions in space.

Kyle Jeter held up a 3-D printed Saturn V rocket – the colossal machine that catapulted the first U.S. astronauts toward the moon – in order to ignite a discussion about the last five decades of space ...