Modern lunar landings look “easy” on paper—until you try to do it without astronauts and a command module overhead. Recent U.S. attempts failed for very normal reasons: a propellant leak, then a landing leg strike that tipped a lander over.

Luna 9 was the first spacecraft to soft-land on the Moon, sending the first images from the lunar surface to Earth. The Luna 9 landing was on February 3, 1966, 60 years ago. Despite the mission's success, its exact landing spot remained a mystery. Now, a new analysis may have solved it.

Researchers spot Luna 9 on Moon as AI and manual sleuthing converge Ai narrows the hunt for Luna 9 as Zelenyikots hand-traced coordinates await orbiter proof

ISRO has selected MM-4 in the Moon’s South Polar Mons Mouton region as the landing site for its Chandrayaan-4 mission, India’s next and most complex lunar sample-return endeavour.

ISRO selects Mons Mouton for Chandrayaan‑4 lunar sample return mission, ensuring safe landing and optimal conditions for India's ambitious Moon project.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On February 5, 1971, two Apollo 14 astronauts landed on the moon! Apollo 14 commander Alan Shepard and the lunar module pilot Edgar Mitchell left their crewmate Stuart Roosa in the ...

More than 50 years after the last time humans walked on the moon, China is working steadily toward landing its astronauts on the lunar surface. Among legislators and senior figures in the US space sector, China's progress toward a crewed lunar mission has ...

ISRO has identified a landing site in the Moon’s south polar region for the Chandrayaan-4 mission, targeted for 2028. The site at Mons Mouton was selected after detailed terrain analysis for India’s l

The Chandrayaan-4 Mission is at least two years away, but the ISRO has identified a location in the South Polar region of Moon to land its lander.