European scientists are turning an aircraft into a laboratory that simulates lunar gravity to prepare astronauts and ...

It is true that crewed missions to the moon are expensive, difficult, and dangerous. And we now have a long history going back decades of reliable, dependable, capable robotic exploration, including ...

Researchers from the Purple Mountain Observatory in China released LTE440, short for Lunar Time Ephemeris, in a recently ...

Anyone who has seen the movies of Neil Armstrong's first bounding steps on the moon couldn't fail to be intrigued by his unusual walking style. But, contrary to popular belief, the astronaut's ...

The Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft that will carry four astronauts around the Moon is rolling to Launch ...

During its initial molten phase, the Moon experienced tidal bulges on its near and far sides due to Earth's immense gravitational pull. The Moon's rotation initially carried these gravitationally ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. The moon is getting 1½ inches (3.8 centimeters) ...