NASA is now targeting February 2026 for the first crewed journey back to the Moon in more than half a century, a mission that would send astronauts around our celestial neighbor rather than landing on its surface. If the schedule holds, it will mark the ...

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 the decade. Beijing is accelerating its space programs ...

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 ...

The Apollo missions showed exact science at work. Each part needed to be close to perfection from start to finish. NASA succeeded with 1960s tools—a remarkable feat. Though it was still cutting-edge technology at the time. Most people remember astronauts ...

Despite the Trump administration’s insistence that the U.S. must win a race back to the moon with China, NASA looks increasingly unlikely to succeed, experts say. Meanwhile China insists it isn’t in a race at all yet looks poised to win the 21st ...

On this day in 1969, NASA formally announced the prime crew selected to carry out the Apollo 11 mission, a decision that would soon mark one of the most defining moments in human history.