The first lunar samples from the moon’s far side differ in some interesting ways from those collected from the near side, ...

The last time a human visited the moon was in December 1972 during NASA's Apollo 17 mission. Since then, there have been many ...

However, the US lunar program is delayed, in part because the spacesuits and lunar-landing vehicle are not ready. Meanwhile, ...

Back in 1969 – more than a half-century ago – Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the Moon. At ...

On November 14, 1969, the Apollo 12 mission launched to the moon. This was the second moon landing of the Apollo program. The ...

After analyzing the sample brought by Chang'e-6, researchers found that the moon’s oldest and deepest crater on its far side ...

China's Chang'e-6 robotic spacecraft in June made history by retrieving the first surface samples from the far side of the ...

In November 1969, Apollo 12 astronauts Commander Charles "Pete" Conrad, Command Module Pilot (CMP) Richard F. Gordon, and ...

The moon has a global dichotomy, with its near and far sides having different geomorphology, topography, chemical composition ...

The first surface samples retrieved from the dark side of the moon show that there used to be erupting volcanoes there, just ...

Basalt samples returned by the Chang’e-6 mission have revealed volcanic events on the lunar farside at 2.8 billion years ago ...

Local space business leaders are confident that, in time, industries outside of aerospace can benefit from space stations and ...