Discover interesting facts about how the moon formed, what it's made out of, and the many missions humans have launched to ...

For decades, the staggering cost of escaping Earth's gravity has limited our reach into space. Sending just one kilogram into orbit can run tens of thousands of dollars.

June is one of my favorite months and a perfect season to get out for some stargazing. This week, however, the moon will be arcing across our early ...

Two days after its new phase, the moon will make a close pass to Jupiter in the evening sky while the summer constellations ...

Lunar Commercial Orbital Transfer Services will likely allow visits of private astronauts to the moon, just as Commercial ...

For years, the commercial space sector has been abuzz about the prospect of satellite "super constellations" in Earth orbit.

The moon spent a few million years as a volcanic wasteland, covered with ongoing eruptions that spewed from mountains and ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — After launching from Florida's space coast and cruising toward the moon for the last five months, the ...

HEFEI -- China's Tiandu 1 satellite has become the first probe to enter a special Earth-moon resonant orbit, scientists ...

We've even been asked if you could run solar cells during the long lunar night on reflected earthlight, so we decided to ...

JF flew about 199,000 miles (320,000 km) away from Earth. It's estimated size is about 34 feet wide (10 meters), roughly the size of a bus. Orbit animation courtesy: NASA/JPL-Caltech | mash mix by ...