How LM-2 came to impersonate the Apollo 11 lunar module. With its stubby body, spidery legs, and gold foil-like skin, the Apollo 11 lunar module looks neither elegant nor airworthy.

No commercially-built lander has ever made it to the lunar surface, and it's been more than 50 years since the last American moon landing in 1972 as part of NASA's Apollo program.

The first U.S. spacecraft to land on the moon since the Apollo astronauts has fallen silent, a week after breaking a leg and tipping over near the lunar south pole.

Lockheed’s lander would be able to carry a four-person crew and 2,000 pounds of cargo on lunar expeditions lasting up to two weeks — capabilities that far outstrip those of the Apollo-era ...

Smith found that while the irregular shape and roughness of the lunar dust still irritates the lungs, its effects are ...

Private lunar lander Blue Ghost after touching down on the moon with a special delivery for NASA on Sunday. Moon’s surface and Earth are visible on the horizon, Blue Ghost’s solar panel, X ...

Firefly Aerospace, a private space company, has successfully landed its lunar lander on the surface of the moon, carrying a drill, vacuum, and other experiments for NASA. On Sunday, the Blue Ghost ...

A moon lander built by Houston-based aerospace company Intuitive Machines was launched from Florida early on Thursday on a mission to conduct the first U.S. lunar touchdown in more than a half ...

— A private lunar lander circled the moon while aiming for a touchdown Thursday that would put the U.S. back on the surface for the first time since NASA’s famed Apollo moonwalkers.

A private lunar lander ... Intuitive Machines’ lander put the U.S. back on the moon for the first time since NASA astronauts closed out the Apollo program in 1972. A third lander from the ...