China recently conducted a test of a lunar lander, marking a turning point in the country’s space ambitions. The experiment is a central part of efforts to land astronauts on the moon by the end of ...

China’s Chang’e-6 mission just nailed a landing on the far side of the Moon, turning a once purely theoretical goal into a ...

On Jan. 22, 1968, NASA launched Apollo 5, marking the first time the Apollo Lunar Module flew in space and a critical step toward landing astronauts on the Moon.

Over a half-century after the triumph of Apollo, it's frustrating to see China take the lead in a new space race as the White House shackles NASA to exert political control. The China Manned Space ...

The U.S. is the only country to have ever sent humans to the moon.

NASA’s upcoming Artemis II flight will be the first crewed lunar mission in over 50 years, but it will not land on the moon. Here’s why.

When Neil Armstrong Aldrin reflected on Apollo 11, they were looking backward at a moment that reshaped history.

From a return of humans to lunar orbit, to Japan's first crack at Mars, advanced space travel and exploration is set to ...

On July 20, 1969, the world watched, and was transfixed, as American astronaut Neil Armstrong — rendered on television as a ghostly black-and-white figure — descended from the Lunar Module onto the ...