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

Luna 9 had a bouncy touchdown on the lunar surface in 1966, becoming the first spacecraft to land on the Moon.

Only one of these patches of lunar plain can be Luna 9’s actual landing site – and there’s no guarantee that either of them is. But the search is oddly compelling.

Scientists have spent decades searching for the final resting place of Luna 9, the first spacecraft to soft-land on the moon. Now they’re on the cusp of finding it ...

For a moment, the Soviets even appeared on their way to victory after engineers successfully achieved a soft lunar landing ...

Nearly six decades after it made history for the first soft landing on a celestial body other than Earth, a tiny Soviet robot ...

The private space exploration company announced the lunar lander’s arrival in Houston. Now, it will undergo testing in ...

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

A NASA authorization bill the House Science Committee is scheduled to take up this week would require closer scrutiny of ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A privately owned lunar lander touched down on the moon with a drill, drone and rovers for NASA and other customers Thursday, but quickly ran into trouble and may have fallen ...

China just took another step toward landing astronauts on the moon, acing a key abort test with its Mengzhou crew capsule and ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A private lunar lander is no longer working after landing sideways in a crater near the moon’s south pole and its mission is over, officials said Friday. The news came less than ...