When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The ispace Resilience lunar lander crash on June 5, 2025 created a dark smudge surrounded by a ...

A picture is worth a thousand words. Or, in this case, $504 million. At least, that’s what it cost to build the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), NASA’s robotic spacecraft that is currently orbiting ...

On 23 August 1966, NASA captured the first photograph of the Earth as seen from a lunar orbit by its unmanned Lunar Orbiter 1 probe. This spacecraft had been launched on 10 August 1966 with a very ...

Humanity's first look at Earth from the moon didn't come until Aug. 23, 1966, when this grainy, black-and-white image showed our planet as a crescent above the lunar horizon, appearing to rise as the ...

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter captured the crash site for Tokyo-based ispace's Resilience lander on the moon. Credit: NASA / GSFC / Arizona State University A private Japanese space company said ...

After five months of trying to reestablish contact with the lost NASA Lunar Trailblazer, the agency has released a sad update: the mission is over. NASA launched the Lunar Trailblazer in February 2025 ...

Resilience, the second lunar lander by Japanese company ispace, during prelaunch preparations. Credit: ispace WASHINGTON — Japanese company ispace says its second lunar lander in now in orbit around ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This model of the Lunar Orbiter was ...

Details about the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) power-system design. How power density was increased in radiation-hardened computer hardware. The NASA LRO Power System Electronics (PSE) ...

"What we need is definitive measurements of the ice content." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Earth's moon is a treasure trove of ...