Since the first human-made object reached the Moon on September 13, 1959, namely the Soviet Luna 2 lander, we have dumped upward of 200,000 kilogrammes of refuse, such as moon buggies that were ...

A lander hasn’t successfully reached the surface of the Moon’s cratered Mare Crisium region since the Soviet Luna 24 probe landed there to collect samples in August 1976. But SpaceX is ...

Until recently, soft landings on the Moon were achieved only by a handful of well-funded national space agencies, starting with the Soviet Union ... The Resilience lunar lander is seen integrated ...

starting with the Soviet Union in 1966. Now, however, several emerging US companies are attempting to replicate this feat under NASA's experimental Commercial Lunar Payload Services program ...

SpaceX has launched a pair of lunar landers for U.S. and Japanese companies looking to jumpstart business up there ...

The Blue Ghost lunar lander on display ... Since the 1960s, only five countries—the U.S., Soviet Union, China, India, and Japan—have successfully landed on the Moon. NASA is funding ...

Only five countries have successfully placed spacecraft on the moon since the 1960s: the former Soviet Union ... January 2025 shows the Blue Ghost lunar lander in a clean room.

Only five countries have successfully placed spacecraft on the moon since the 1960s: the former Soviet ... the lunar surface, ispace’s 11-pound (5-kilogram) rover will stay near the lander ...