Data from a NASA lunar orbiter has helped researchers deduce two potential locations for a defunct Soviet spacecraft called Luna 9 ...

Sixty years after Luna 9’s pioneering journey, researchers believe they may have found the craft’s final resting place.

Scientists have spent decades searching for the final resting place of Luna 9, the first spacecraft to soft-land on the moon. Now they’re on the cusp of finding it ...

The private space exploration company announced the lunar lander’s arrival in Houston. Now, it will undergo testing in space-like conditions.

Only one of these patches of lunar plain can be Luna 9’s actual landing site – and there’s no guarantee that either of them is. But the search is oddly compelling.

For a moment, the Soviets even appeared on their way to victory after engineers successfully achieved a soft lunar landing ...

A NASA authorization bill the House Science Committee is scheduled to take up this week would require closer scrutiny of lunar lander and spacesuit work.

Luna 9 had a bouncy touchdown on the lunar surface in 1966, becoming the first spacecraft to land on the Moon.

The lander became the first spacecraft to send back pictures of the Moon, three years before Apollo 11. The post Scientists Spot Signs of Derelict Soviet Moon Lander on Lunar Surface appeared first on ...

Two research teams have identified possible landing sites for Luna 9, the first human-made object to safely reach the lunar ...

As NASA looks establish a presence on the moon, Blue Origin's Mark 1 lander moves ahead with pre-launch testing.

Artemis III is NASA’s mission intended to return astronauts to the moon. The plan has been to use SpaceX’s still-experimental Starship — the most powerful rocket system ever built — for the last leg ...