Two rival teams — one using machine learning, the other human eyes — race to find the first spacecraft to soft-land on the moon.

Data from a NASA lunar orbiter has helped researchers deduce two potential locations for a defunct Soviet spacecraft called Luna 9 ...

Two research teams have identified possible landing sites for Luna 9, the first human-made object to safely reach the lunar ...

For more than six decades, the exact location of the Soviet Luna 9 spacecraft, the first object to land safely on the Moon, has eluded researchers. Now, with the help of artificial intelligence, ...

Luna 9 was the first spacecraft to soft-land on the Moon, sending the first images from the lunar surface to Earth. The Luna ...

Using an advanced machine-learning algorithm, researchers in the UK and Japan have identified several promising candidate ...

The spacecraft made history, returning the first images from the surface of the Moon. But its whereabouts have become a ...

Researchers report the detection of "artificial objects" on the Moon that could help locate a long-lost Soviet spacecraft.

Although the Luna-9 mission was widely celebrated, the precise location of the lander remained uncertain for decades due to limited tracking accuracy and the difficulty of identifying small spacecraft ...

A growing fleet of privately built spacecraft is preparing to attempt robotic landings on the moon as humanity's exploration efforts expand. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

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More than 50 years after Apollo 17, NASA’s Artemis II will send four astronauts on a 10-day loop around the Moon to test the agency’s deep-space hardware.