SpaceX's newest spaceflight tech has to launched to the final frontier for the first time. The company's Starfall capsule ...

Varda Space Industries' W-5 reentry capsule successfully landed in South Australia on Jan. 29. Credit: Varda Space Industries A hypersonic reentry capsule built by space technology company Varda Space ...

Using an advanced machine-learning algorithm, researchers in the UK and Japan have identified several promising candidate locations for the long-lost landing site of the Soviet Luna 9 spacecraft.

Luna 9 had a bouncy touchdown on the lunar surface in 1966, becoming the first spacecraft to land on the Moon. Reading time 2 minutes On February 3, 1966, the Soviet Union’s Luna 9 became the first ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. After acing a flight test of its newest generation Starship super-capsule, SpaceX still has ...

On Jan. 19, 2024, at 10:20 a.m. EST, the JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) landed on the lunar surface. Five days later, NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance ...