China's Chang'e-6 capsule returns with lunar loot from the far side Now to figure out if it really is rich in useful stuff that could fuel further exploration Science26 Jun 2024 | 25
Molten lunar regolith heats up space colonization dreams Human settlement of the Moon made a little easier, maybe? Science11 Jun 2024 | 35
China's Chang'e-6 lunar probe packs rocks and rolls back to Earth Tasks on far side of the Moon were heavily automated Science04 Jun 2024 | 4
55 years ago, Apollo 10's crew turned the airwaves blue Shockingly, astronauts can curse when in high-stress situations Science21 May 2024 | 67
Clock is ticking for NASA to fix bucket of issues before next Artemis mission Heat shield that looks like the surface of the Moon plus fiberglass doors on the launch platform on the list Science03 May 2024 | 32
China to launch sample return mission to the far side of the Moon – maybe next week And hatches 2030 plan to beat US for Mars rock retrieval Science30 Apr 2024 | 19
Japan's Moon lander makes it through another lunar night What do we say to the God of Death? Not today Science25 Apr 2024 | 16
Solar eclipse darkened skies, dampened internet traffic Byteflow dropped by around half under some of the path of totality Networks09 Apr 2024 | 25
NASA taps trio of companies to build the next generation of lunar rover At $4.6 billion, this Moon malarkey is getting expensive Science04 Apr 2024 | 13
US reckons it's about time the Moon had its own time zone What's a few microseconds between friends? Quite a lot actually Science03 Apr 2024 | 60
Japan's moon lander sparks joy by making it through a second lunar night Brief awakening brought mixed news and familiar scenery Science02 Apr 2024 | 4
DARPA tasks Northrop Grumman with drafting lunar train blueprints Um. Let's successfully land on Moon without immediately faceplanting first, amirite? Science20 Mar 2024 | 63
Russia plans to put a nuclear reactor on the Moon – with China's help Roscosmos has had a few problems landing on the lunar surface recently Science06 Mar 2024 | 26
Boffins propose fiber-optic network for the Moon To detect seismic waves, silly Science06 Mar 2024 | 24
The batteries on Odysseus, the hero private Moon lander, have run out 'Farewell' snap revealed by Intuitive Machines amid hope solar-powered craft may one day spring to life again Science02 Mar 2024 | 37
Odysseus probe moonwalking on the edge of battery life after landing on its side Controllers estimate 10-20 hours remain for Intuitive Machines lander Science27 Feb 2024 | 25
Japan's SLIM unexpectedly wakes up on Moon after month-long nap How's that for resilient? Science27 Feb 2024 | 14
Intuitive Machines' lunar lander tripped and fell Still works, though, says CEO, promising pics any day now Science26 Feb 2024 | 33
Intuitive Machines' Odysseus prepares for Moon landing Updated It slides into orbit. Now comes (another) hard part Science22 Feb 2024 | 8
Intuitive Machines IM-1 heading for Moon on SpaceX rocket Taking Disaster Recovery as a Service to lunar extremes Science15 Feb 2024 | 3
Japan's lander wakes up, takes blurry snap of Moon Winter Night is coming The Reg in Space29 Jan 2024 | 15
JAXA releases photo of SLIM lander in lunar faceplant Mission a 'minimum' success because rovers deployed successfully Science26 Jan 2024 | 42
Japan recovers moon lander data, puts craft to sleep due to solar panels' bad attitude JAXA plans to reveal whether mission nailed its self-selected landing site later this week Science23 Jan 2024 | 18
Japan's lunar lander is dying before our eyes after setting down on Moon The real SLIM's shady Science19 Jan 2024 | 47
Peregrine bows out with a bang as SLIM aims for Moon's rocky runway Japanese lunar lander to attempt a soft touchdown Science18 Jan 2024 | 8
Crippled Peregrine lunar lander set for fiery return to Earth in matter of days Doing science and still alive ... but not for long Science15 Jan 2024 | 12
NASA's Artemis Moon missions take a rain check until 2025 and beyond No human will set foot on regolith for 2-plus years now Science10 Jan 2024 | 39
Private lunar lander Peregrine mission's now measured in hours, not days UK trumpets British tech aboard doomed spacecraft Science09 Jan 2024 | 15
America's first private lunar lander suffers 'critical' fuel leak en route to Moon Updated Astrobotic's Peregrine packed with NASA science gear and other payloads may be a bust Science08 Jan 2024 | 38
NASA science bound for Moon after successful Vulcan Centaur launch Your turn, Starship Science08 Jan 2024 | 13
Another day, another delay to first Vulcan Centaur launch Mission to the Moon likely to slip to 2024 following dress rehearsal issues Science11 Dec 2023 | 6
America's ambitious Artemis III likely to miss 2025 Moon landing date, auditors sigh Updated 'SpaceX has made limited progress maturing the technologies needed' Science30 Nov 2023 | 54
Double Moon crater riddle solved? Spent Chinese rocket booster carrying mystery payload crash landed We come in peace, or rather, pieces Science17 Nov 2023 | 13
NASA geeks code new tricks to model rocket plumes and avoid a lunar dust-up Supersonic hot gas not that awesome for rocky, dusty surface HPC16 Nov 2023 | 6
RIP: Frank Borman, NASA commander of first Moon mission Obit Former Air Force officer - also involved in first crewed rendezvous in space - dies aged 95 Science13 Nov 2023 | 7
NASA gasping for ideas to extract oxygen from Moon dirt Wants 'tens of metric tons of O2 production per year' on the cheap Science07 Nov 2023 | 11
From Apollo to Space Shuttle, Thomas K Mattingly's stellar journey ends at 87 Obit Dodged Apollo 13 disaster because of rubella, but helped to rescue the crew Science06 Nov 2023 | 9
India's lunar landing made a mess on the Moon 'Ejecta halo' detected by orbiter reminds that life on Luna will be dirty, gritty, and sneezy Science03 Nov 2023 | 45
Alien rock remains found not on but deep inside the Earth Scientists offer explanation for origin of two anomalous structures nestled within our world Science02 Nov 2023 | 21
Blue Origin pulls sheets off cargo lunar lander prototype NASA: Nice rocket, but what about the dust? Science30 Oct 2023 | 20
Moonstruck Modi wants lunar Indian crew by 2040 A space station, Venus, and Mars also on the cards but the budget is TBD Science18 Oct 2023 | 5
Engineers pave the way for building lunar roads with Moon dust Just melt it with lasers, say researchers in Germany Science12 Oct 2023 | 34
Scientists trace tiny moonquakes to Apollo 17 lander – left over from 1972 Humans just can't leave anything alone, huh Science13 Sep 2023 | 105
South Korea's Moon orbiter snaps India's lander As Japan's space agency preps a rover to land on Martian moon Phobos Science13 Sep 2023 | 7
NASA rockets draining its pockets as officials whisper: 'We can't afford this' Watchdog finds space agency has no plans to measure SLS production costs Science08 Sep 2023 | 84
Japan's 'Moon sniper' and its two ejectable landers make it into space Now for the hard part: testing its ability to pick a safe landing spot Science07 Sep 2023 | 4
India's Chandrayaan-3 Moon mission hibernates to see out a long lunar night Spacecraft scheduled to snooze until September 22 when it's hoped machines return to duty Science06 Sep 2023 | 9
India set to launch Sun-spotting satellite on Saturday Meanwhile its Moon rover dodges a crater and spots sulphur Science30 Aug 2023 | 6
India's Moon mission continues to triumph, Japan's waits for better weather JAXA's SLIM scheduled to arrive after Chandrayaan-3 says goodnight Science25 Aug 2023 | 7
India lands Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft on Moon, is the first to lunar south pole Video with update Way to go, ISRO. Congrats on getting your rover rolling, too Science23 Aug 2023 | 51
NASA still serious about astronauts living it up on Moon space station in 2028 Assuming the orbital hotel is even built by then Science22 Aug 2023 | 36
Moscow makes a mess on the Moon as Luna 25 probe misses orbit, lands with a thud First lunar attempt since Soviet era ends in катастрофа Science21 Aug 2023 | 132
DARPA wants interoperability standard for Moon living Less lunacy? LunA-10 is seeking designs for 'optimized and integrated lunar infrastructure' Science16 Aug 2023 | 5
If you're Russian to the Moon, expect traffic: Moscow's Putin a lander into orbit India's close to landing one, too, and Japan is counting down to a launch Science14 Aug 2023 | 25
We need to be first on the Moon, uh, again, says NASA 'I don't want China to get to the south pole with humans and then say: this is ours, stay out' Science09 Aug 2023 | 148
NASA's ice-hunting cubesat lunar mission is over, thanks to a stuck valve Plus: India's Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft successfully enters orbit around Moon, and beams photos back Science08 Aug 2023 | 7
Satnav for the Moon could benefit from Fibonacci’s expertise Middle Ages maths to the rescue Science31 Jul 2023 | 18
NASA awards $150 million to prototype tech for humans on the Moon, and above it Inflatable heat shields, robot cable layers, and a furnace to burn lunar dust for minerals and oxygen Science26 Jul 2023 | 19
India takes second punt at soft lunar landing with launch of Chandrayaan-3 mission We'll see in 42 days whether economical $74.5M rover sticks Science14 Jul 2023 | 31
Japan schedules August launch for 'Moon Sniper' lander Nifty XRISM plasma-spotting scope to ride the same Mitsubishi Science12 Jul 2023 | 1
India's space agency set to launch lunar lander, rover On a shoestring budget, Chandrayaan-3 aims to observe Luna, Earth, even exoplanets Science07 Jul 2023 | 15
Ariane 5 to take final flight, leaving Europe without its own heavy-lift rocket Final update (literally) Launch will leave continent dependent on the US for space missions Science04 Jul 2023 | 70