Spacecraft

Luna-25, Russia's first moon mission in nearly a half-century, was the vanguard of a planned series of lunar probes

In the latest chapter of an ongoing “moon rush,” Russia’s Luna-25 mission will attempt the nation’s first lunar landing in nearly 50 years

The Luna 25 spacecraft will attempt to land at the lunar south pole for the first time in a hunt for valuable water ice

A new view of a record-shattering distant star shows it to be twice as hot as our sun and likely accompanied by a stellar companion

Scholars look to understand how Americans view space activities

The European Space Agency's ambitious Euclid space telescope is on its way to decoding the secrets of dark matter and dark energy

A glitch may have silenced NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft until mid-October—but a “heartbeat” signal offers hope for reestablishing contact earlier

We need satellites and rocket bodies designed with an end-of-life plan to keep space uncluttered and navigable

Scientists are gearing up for a high-stakes finale to OSIRIS-REx, the first U.S. mission to snare a sample from an asteroid

After a failure in 2019, India’s second attempt to land on the moon comes as the nation signs on to a U.S.-led plan to shape future global lunar activities

The Euclid mission will probe dark energy and dark matter like never before, setting the stage for an international, multiobservatory push to solve some of the universe’s deepest mysteries

For most of us, aliens are a source of mystery and fun, which keeps them forever in vogue