You can probably conjure this vision of the moon—hold the image in your mind and transmit it off this planet and onto our shining opalescent companion. Peaks in the sun? I’ve seen that. This week, we ...

In 1959, the Luna 2 probe from the Soviet Union became the very first human-made object to reach our closest celestial neighbor. In the decades since, we have been leaving footprints—both literally ...

The U.S. space agency launched a lunar flyby Wednesday, but Beijing is pursuing its own space program with formidable focus. Here’s what we know about it, in photos and videos. By Selam Gebrekidan and ...

The Artemis II rocket launched on Wednesday, carrying astronauts to the moon for the first time in over half a century. The four-person crew is headed on a 10-day, 230,000-mile journey around the moon ...