Kitty Hawk descending under its three main parachutes. (NASA Image) (NASA) – On Feb. 9, 1971, the nine-day Apollo 14 Moon landing mission came to a successful conclusion with the splashdown of ...

Elon Musk’s ambition to one day settle Mars appears to have taken a back seat for a rather nearer and more achievable goal – ...

The Perseverance Mars rover's Mastcam-Z camera the Martian moon Phobos transit the Sun. See real-time and time-lapsed views here. Credit: Space.com | NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS/SSI | edited by Steve Sp ...

On February 9–10, 2026, the last quarter moon rises in Libra alongside stars Spica and Arcturus, offering telescope observations of lunar craters and Montes Appenninus.

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.

Turn your eyes to the southeast sky late on Feb. 9, into the early hours of Feb. 10 to see the last quarter moon rise among the stars of the constellation Libra, as vast lunar craters and sweeping ...

This change aligns with a Wall Street Journal report stating that SpaceX has informed investors it will prioritise the Moon first, aiming for an uncrewed lunar landing in March 2027. A journey to the ...

If you laid Nasa’s Artemis II moon rocket on its side, it would stretch nearly the length of a football field. That’s because ...

How can missions to the moon lead to further missions to the red planet, Mars?

The Artemis II crew was quarantining but was released as the lift-off date was rescheduled to March 2026.

Elon Musk said on Sunday that SpaceX has shifted its focus to building a "self-growing city" on the moon, which could be achieved in less than 10 years. SpaceX still intends to start on Musk's ...

As of Monday, Feb. 9, the Moon phase is Third Quarter. According to NASA's Daily Moon Guide, 652% of the Moon will be lit up ...