Why being first to return to the moon matters.

In recent years, several spacecraft failed in their attempts to land on the moon. But 2025 may offer crucial second chances.

"You know what? The Moon's big enough that we can nuke it and land on it at the same time, so let's give this a shot." In 1958, the U.S. government plotted to show up the Soviets in the Space Race — ...

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Today it is not an issue of ideology but a technological race to stake out powerful and profitable positions in space to exploit resources and gain military advantage. The south pole of the moon ...

The past few years have marked the advent of a new lunar space race, with a fleet of robotic spacecraft from various countries trying — and mostly failing — to reach the moon and carry out ...

NASA was formed in 1958 "to provide for research into problems of flight within and outside the Earth's atmosphere, and for ...

The Moon and asteroids are at the top of the mission list for a number of agencies, while others will focus on exploration to ...

“The value of space is what you bring back, and in the near term what we bring back from the Moon is data,” said Tim Crain, Intuitive’s co-founder and chief technology officer. “Spectrum ...

Moon has been added to the list by World Monuments Fund. Moon has been placed on a list of threatened heritage sites as the space race risks jeopardising Earth's only natural satellite.