Humans haven’t been back to the lunar surface since the Apollo moon program ended over five decade ago. The reasons why go beyond science, according to experts.

Luna 9 had a bouncy touchdown on the lunar surface in 1966, becoming the first spacecraft to land on the Moon.

However, researchers may now be closer than ever to finding the Soviet Union’s Luna 9 spacecraft. Using an advanced machine learning program, an international team of scientists believe they have ...

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Netflix adds Apollo 11, the gripping 1969 moon-landing documentary, bringing restored footage of NASA’s most daring mission to screens.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA ran into exasperating fuel leaks during a make-or-break test of its new moon rocket Monday, calling into question how soon astronauts could take off for a trip around ...

Bill Whitaker is an award-winning journalist and 60 Minutes correspondent who has covered major news stories, domestically and across the globe, for more than four decades with CBS News. This month, ...

NASA fueled its new moon rocket in one final make-or-break test Monday, with hopes of sending astronauts on a lunar fly-around as soon as this coming weekend. The launch team began loading the ...

A full moon is seen shining over NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) and Orion spacecraft, atop the mobile launcher in the early hours of Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. ...

If all goes well, it could be as little as a year from now that NASA's Artemis III mission becomes the seventh crewed spacecraft to land on the moon. However, there's a vocal contingent of society ...