Odysseus landed at 6:24 p.m. ET Thursday after using its methane-fueled, onboard engine to steer itself toward the cratered surface and rapidly reduce its speed by 4,000 miles per hour (1,800 meters per second).

Odysseus moon landing: Historic mission reaches lunar surface

A spacecraft built and flown by Texas-based company Intuitive Machines landed near the moon's south pole on Thursday, the first U.S. touchdown on the lunar surface in more than half a century and the first ever achieved by the private sector.

Moon landing: US clinches first touchdown in 50 years

Private US spacecraft Odysseus crafted history by landing on the surface of the Moon near the South Pole, days after blasting off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida last Thursday (February 15).

Odysseus: Back to the moon for US after over 50 years as private mission makes historic landing

Japan's space agency achieved a significant milestone on Saturday (Feb 17) with the successful launch of the second test model of its latest flagship rocket, the H3.

Japan successfully launches new H3 rocket following setback last year

An asteroid flew past earth closer than the distance to the moon. The asteroid was detected by scientists only last week. The asteroid potentially weighs 100s of tonnes. Scientists also made an interesting discovery. By decoding data from sofia infrared telescope researchers have confirmed the presence of water on two asteroids. Watch the story to find how the space is full of mysteries.

Gravitas: Asteroid flew past Earth in near miss

A moon lander took off from the Florida base early on Thursday its mission is to achieve the first US lunar touchdown after almost five decades Odysseus lifted off at the top two-stage Falcon 9 rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

SpaceX launches commercial lander to the moon

The moon has been a thing of fascination for humanity for thousands of years. It's not exactly easy to ignore the brightest object in the night sky. As human ideas and later scientific understanding evolved, there were theories about the exact origin of the Moon.

JAXA's SLIM mission may have clues on Moon's origins

SpaceX's new private lunar lander is aiming for the moon. As part of NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign. SpaceX is targeting for a Falcon 9 launch of Intuitive Machines’ first lunar lander to the Moon’s surface.

All about NASA and SpaceX’s private lunar lander mission

A secret moon might be the reason behind the mysterious rings around a space rock. According to the research published in The Planetary Science Journal, scientists have found that a tiny, unseen moonlet might be shepherding a pair of gossamer rings around Chariklo, a minor planet orbiting the Sun in the space between Jupiter and Neptune.

A secret moon may be responsible for mysterious rings surrounding a celestial rock

US space agency NASA wants to put a nuclear reactor on the Moon, and the project just completed its initial phase involving creating the design of the fission reactor.

Here is why NASA wants to put nuclear reactor on Moon and ditch solar energy

New NASA-funded research has uncovered a surprising reality behind the serene facade of the moon. It turns out that the beautiful celestial object in our night skies is not as calm as it seems!

Moon's serene facade is hiding a turbulent reality, reveals NASA-funded research

The United States is gearing up for its next lunar mission set to launch on February 14, on Valentine's Day. This comes just weeks after a private American moon lander, Peregrine, burned up in the Earth's atmosphere upon its return.

US prepares 'Nova-C' lander for a ride to Moon, mission to launch on Valentine's Day

US Space Agency NASA recently unveiled a breathtaking photograph featuring both the Moon and Earth in a single frame, captured from the International Space Station (ISS).

Space marvel! NASA's incredible shot of Moon, Earth in one frame leaves internet awestruck

NASA, in a sheer delight for space enthusiasts, shared a striking close-up image of Jupiter's moon Io, courtesy of the Juno spacecraft. NASA, while sharing the image wrote in its caption, "On Saturday, Feb.

NASA’s Juno spacecraft delivers stunning close-up picture of Jupiter’s moon Io

A new study led by NASA scientists has revealed that the Moon is shrinking in size. It has shrunk over 150 feet in its circumference over the past few hundred million years. Molly Gambhir reports.

Gravitas | New Study reveals why the Moon is shrinking

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has successfully re-established communication with its Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM), bringing an end to a week of silence.

Japan's 'SLIM' lander resumes exploration of the moon's surface

Japanese moon lander 'SLIM' comes back to life and resumes mission

Japan Aerospace Exploration Company (JAXA) has unveiled the first image of its lunar lander on the moon's surface, which showed that the lander had an unusual upside-down landing.

Japan's successful Moon landing was 'upside down', quite literally

European Space Agency (ESA) in an interesting feed on its social media handle on Tuesday (Jan 23) spoke about recreating the Moon's surface on Earth! ESA made it official back in December, pledging to roll out not one, but two cutting-edge facilities to simulate lunar vibes and pave the way for groundbreaking exploration technology.

WATCH | European space agency to replicate Moon's surface on Earth

NASA is set to delay its next few missions to the Moon as technical hurdles mount with the various spacecraft it intends to use to get there. Watch this video for all details.

Why is NASA pushing back Moon mission timelines?

A privately built moon lander launched Monday morning to make the first U.S. soft lunar landing in more than 50 years failed to enter its correct orientation in space, suffering what its owners termed an "anomaly" that calls the mission's fate into question.

US: First Lunar mission in 50 years faces technical difficulties

Almost three hours post-landing, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) "switched off" the Moon lander and revealed that "a lot of data has been obtained" during the descent and lunar surface exploration.

Japan's Moon sniper switched off, space agency says data transmission completed

Japan made history on Friday by becoming only the the fifth nation to land a spacecraft on the Moon. The Vice President of the Japanese space agency, Jaxa says, "Very happy at the successful landing at Jaxa Slim".

Japan's historic lunar landing: Jaxa's Vice President Ishii Yasua on WION

Japan's 'Moon Sniper' craft made a successful 'soft landing' on the lunar surface on Friday (January 19) but Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has said that its solar cells are not generating enough power.

Japan's 'Moon Sniper' successfully lands on lunar surface, but solar cells not generating power

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