NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has returned its first imagery of the Apollo moon landing sites. The pictures show the Apollo missions’ lunar module descent stages sitting on the moon’s ...

With the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) project facing a pivotal decision milestone in May, recent changes intended to reduce the complexity of the mission — and also add some new features to the ...

The ispace HAKUTO-R Mission 1 lunar lander was launched on Dec. 11, 2022, a privately funded spacecraft planned to land on the lunar surface. After a several-month journey to the moon, the spacecraft ...

In a rare cosmic alignment, NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter(LRO) successfully captured images of South Korea’s Danuri lunar orbiter as the two spacecraft zipped past each other in lunar orbit. The ...

GREENBELT, Md. — NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has transmitted its first images since reaching lunar orbit June 23. The spacecraft has two cameras — a low resolution Wide Angle Camera ...

The successful placement of Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander on the Moon’s surface has been confirmed by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. The private spacecraft, part of NASA’s Commercial ...

Eleven years into its mission, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) is starting to show its age, but a recent software update promises to give the spacecraft a new lease on life. As NASA's eye in ...

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has taken the most detailed photo of the Apollo 11 landing site ever seen. Apollo 11 is the famous mission of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin that landed the first ...