NASA hasn't given up on Lunar Trailblazer yet. The 440-pound (200-kilogram) probe went silent a day after its Feb. 26 launch atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Shortly after liftoff, the mission team ...

Space agency has a broad plan for its upcoming decade of lunar missions, but specifics must still be ironed out.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Before humans even step foot on the surface of the moon in the years ahead, a fleet of lunar landers are due to beat them there.

The Lunar Trailblazer was a small satellite with a mission to orbit the moon and map sources of water. The intent was to get solid data on potential water resources to guide future exploration. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. First photograph of Earth taken from Moon's orbit turns 59 NASA's Lunar Orbiter 1 captured the first photograph of Earth from ...

This collection consists of one original print of the first view of the Earth from the vicinity of the Moon, taken by Lunar Orbiter 1 on August 23, 1966. This collection consists of one original print ...

A handful of other countries have their own lunar programs, as does the European Union. Through 2030, governments and private entities have planned more than 400 missions in the next two decades to ...