Scientists have long sought to determine the age of the moon's South Pole–Aitken (SPA) basin, the largest and oldest known ...

Athena will land in the moon's Mons Mouton region at 12:32 p.m. EST.

Grace isn't the only robot that caught a ride to the lunar surface on Athena. The lander is also carrying a small rover ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private lunar lander is no longer working after landing sideways in a crater near the moon’s ...

At this rate, it was clear that he would run out of rations before reaching the finish line at the South Pole. “I would bend over and pull with all my might to see my sleigh move a few inches.

A robotic moon lander known as Athena is scheduled to launch atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center ...

With a career in sustainability solutions spanning 20 years, Davis recently led South Pole as their Interim CEO through a critical restructuring and funding round. Throughout his 10-year tenure ...

The lander made its attempt at a landing near the Moon's Mons Mouton, a flat-topped mountain roughly 100 miles from the south pole, around noon on Thursday. But things didn't quite go as planned.

IM-2 is scheduled to land on the moon's south pole on March 6, following lessons learned from the IM-1 mission. The Falcon 9 rocket turned twilight into day as it leaped off the launch pad — its ...

Chandrayaan-3's ChaSTE provided crucial temperature data from the Moon's high-latitude regions, enhancing the understanding ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — (AP) — A privately owned lunar lander touched down on the moon Thursday, but as the minutes dragged on, flight controllers could not confirm its condition or whether it was even ...

CEO Steve Altemus said the company is in the same predicament with its new lander named Athena, which managed to touch down near the moon’s south pole at 12:31 p.m. Thursday, but didn’t stick ...