Videos of astronauts on the Moon show them often bouncing across the lunar surface, helped by the fact that the gravity of our satellite is just one-sixth of Earth’s surface gravity. That experience ...

It is true that crewed missions to the moon are expensive, difficult, and dangerous. And we now have a long history going back decades of reliable, dependable, capable robotic exploration, including ...

European scientists are turning an aircraft into a laboratory that simulates lunar gravity to prepare astronauts and technology for future moon landings as part of the NASA-led Artemis missions. The ...

Workers using an overhead crane lower the second stage of a Delta II launch vehicle toward the first stage for mating at NASA's Space Launch Complex 17B in Florida, on May 10, 2011. The payload ...

The Moon is getting 1½ inches (3.8 centimeters) farther away from the Earth every year. Scientists measure the distance to the Moon by bouncing lasers off mirrors placed there by space probes and ...