NASA announced the four astronauts that will join the next Artemis mission — a test flight vital to putting astronauts back ...

Lunar Excursion Vehicle 2 (LEV-2), a lunar robot from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), could have been plucked from a science-fiction movie. It’s small—about the size of a baseball—it’s ...

An Orion spacecraft approaches a Blue Moon Mark 2 lander prototype, part of the planned Artemis 3 mission. Credit: NASA HOUSTON — NASA has provided more details about the revised approaches that Blue ...

On January 19, 2024, a tiny, spherical rover called SORA-Q arrived on the Moon and unfurled itself into two halves to deploy wheels on each side. The miniature-sized robot, which could fit snugly into ...

Bill Harwood has been covering the U.S. space program full-time since 1984, first as Cape Canaveral bureau chief for United Press International and now as a consultant for CBS News. NASA has announced ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA has announced the four astronauts who will take part in the next mission of the Artemis moon program, kicking off a year or ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — Like a giant Roman candle, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket soared into the night sky on Wednesday, carrying Intuitive Machines’ IM-2 lunar lander. Its destination is the moon, where ...

The Ford Expedition Tremor has been fettled by Hennessey, but the EcoBoost engine is deemed good enough to leave stock. Hennessey’s VelociRaptor SUV upgrades the Ford Expedition Tremor with suspension ...

On Tuesday, NASA announced the crew members chosen for the upcoming Artemis III orbital mission. No longer a crewed expedition to the Moon thanks to delays, Artemis III will pave the way for lunar ...

A Japanese-built spherical transforming rover, just 3 inches (8 centimeters) in size, successfully took a sojourn on the moon — and, in doing so, it demonstrated autonomous navigation and wireless ...

When the Japanese Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) spacecraft, nicknamed the "Moon Sniper," face-planted onto the lunar surface in 2024, an experimental rover told Earth scientists what ...

The rover, named SORA-Q, had extending wheels, a flip-up camera and a transforming tail. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.