Second of the week’s big shots sent a smaller bird aloft, but the flight of the Ranger VIII moon probe was an even greater achievement. After a 66-hour, 234,300-mile trip, the spacecraft’s six ...

NASA's Lunar Trailblazer probe could be in trouble. Lunar Trailblazer launched atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 on Feb. 26 alongside Intuitive Machine's Athena moon lander on the IM-2 mission. The 11.5-foot ...

Scientists are pretty sure there is water on the moon, they just don't know exactly where. Two probes are heading to the moon to begin to answer that question. They'll depart on the same SpaceX ...

Ideally, future TCMs would put the probe into its planned science orbit around the moon, if NASA can get it back under control.. "The team is now working to define alternative TCM strategies that ...

The probe is outfitted with two deployable solar arrays. Related: Private Athena moon lander arrives in Florida ahead of SpaceX launch on Feb. 26 Lunar Trailblazer instruments will peer into the ...