Two Teams Say They’ve Found The Luna 9 Moon Lander, In Different Places

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 ...
Hackaday

Forget Waldo. Where’s Luna 9?

Luna 9 was the first spacecraft to soft-land on the moon. In 1966, the main spacecraft ejected a 99-kg lander module that used a landing bag to survive impact. The problem is, given the technology ...
SpaceNews

China completes landing and takeoff test for crewed moon lander

Espoo, FINLAND — China has completed an integrated landing and ascent test of its Lanyue lunar lander, marking a major milestone in its crewed moon landing program. The first integrated landing and ...
CNN

Inside NASA’s scramble to find a backup moon plan — and the wild ideas companies are pitching

A suggestion made last week by acting NASA administrator Sean Duffy that SpaceX could be booted from the agency’s upcoming moon-landing plans has rocked the space industry. Now, behind the scenes, ...