China successfully completes low-altitude Long March-10 test, marking major breakthrough in China’s manned lunar exploration program

China on Wednesday successfully conducted a low-altitude demonstration and verification flight test for its Long March-10 carrier rocket in the southern island province of Hainan, the China Manned ...
SETI Institute

AI Helps Pinpoint the Moon’s First Soft Landing

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

Russia resets lunar programme

Russia has pushed back its Luna missions and shifted focus to a China-backed lunar base, with plans to deploy a nuclear power ...
ZME Science

The First Spacecraft to Survive a Moon Landing Vanished in 1966 and AI May Have Finally Found It

Two rival teams — one using machine learning, the other human eyes — race to find the first spacecraft to soft-land on the moon.
Hackaday

Forget Waldo. Where’s Luna 9?

Luna 9 was the first spacecraft to soft-land on the moon. In 1966, the main spacecraft ejected a 99-kg lander module that used a landing bag to survive impact. The problem is, given the technology ...
Morning Overview on MSN

How China quietly pulled off its biggest space triumph yet

China has just notched a space achievement that quietly shifts the balance of exploration. By bringing back the first rocks ...

ISRO identifies site for Chandrayaan-4 lander

ISRO has selected a suitable site in the Moon's South Polar region for the upcoming Chandrayaan-4 lunar mission.
Orlando Sentinel

Blue Origin’s newly named lunar lander headed to Houston for testing

Blue Origin’s next launch from the Space Coast could still be its uncrewed and newly named Blue Moon MK1 lander, but it will have to take a trip to Houston and back before it can get to the moon. The ...
Florida Today

Blue Origin moon lander rolls out of Merritt Island facility

Blue Origin's Blue Moon Mark 1 lander, named Endurance, is being shipped for testing. Blue Origin is contracted by NASA to deliver the VIPER mission to the moon's south pole. An upgraded Mark 2 lander ...
Aviation Week

Blue Origin Mark 1 Lunar Lander Heads To JSC For Testing

ORLANDO, Florida—Blue Origin’s first lunar lander, known as Blue Moon Mark 1 (MK1), is en route to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston for thermal vacuum testing ahead of launch later this year, ...
CNN

4 astronauts will soon take an unprecedented path to the moon. But why aren’t they landing?

The spacecraft that could soon carry four people on a historic lunar mission, NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion capsule, will take center stage Saturday, making an hours-long journey ...
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Intuitive Machines lunar lander captures amazing views of Earth after SpaceX launch

Intuitive Machines "Odysseus" lunar lander captured amazing views of Earth after separation from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket upper stage. Credit: Intuitive Machines | edited by Space.com Music: Quest for ...