Based on the cycles of the moon rather than the Sun, Lunar New Year falls on February 17 this year, and festivities including parades, lion dances, and fireworks displays will be going on for many ...

WASHINGTON, May 7 (Reuters) - U.S. startup Lunar Outpost closed a $30 million funding round this week that will speed development of a ‌new moon rover, its CEO said, as investor interest in lunar ...

Cpl. Jacob Carpenter, a reconnaissance Marine, simulates attacking a target through a window while rappelling in Okinawa, Japan. (Lance Cpl. Carl King Jr./Marine Corps) Freshly minted reconnaissance ...

Abstract: Moon Diver is a proposed mission to land and deploy an extreme-terrain, tethered rover for the exploration of Tran-quillitatis Pit, a large vertical cave entrance into the subsurface of ...

The Marine Corps is rebooting how it trains Reconnaissance Marines, with an overhaul of the program’s notoriously tough training curriculum. Marines who wish to serve as part of a scout or ...

Benchmark Space Systems offered DARPA a mission architecture called Sapphire for the LASSO lunar orbiter program. Credit: Benchmark Space Systems WASHINGTON — The Defense Advanced Research Projects ...

The Marine Corps is updating its Marine Reconnaissance training curriculum through the launch of a new Ground Reconnaissance Course, according to Training and Education Command. As the new initial ...

Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin is testing its Blue Moon lunar lander for an uncrewed moon mission. The company aims for a robotic landing on the moon's south pole, potentially by the end of 2026. Blue ...

Scientists have been trying to explore the lunar south pole for many years. This led many missions to try to get too close to the south side. Some of these missions, such as Lunar Reconnaissance ...

He jumped the pit like a hero - then needed a friend to drag him back Posted: 27 April 2026 | Last updated: 27 April 2026 A late-night cave trip turns ugly fast when a sketchy jump across a pit leaves ...

For a decade, NASA promoted the idea of building a space station around the Moon known as the Lunar Gateway. It touted the facility as both a platform for exploring the lunar environment and testing ...