Scientists report high-confidence detections of artificial objects on the Moon that may identify the 1966 Soviet Luna 9 ...

Researchers report the detection of "artificial objects" on the Moon that could help locate a long-lost Soviet spacecraft.

The Soviet Luna 9 spacecraft touched down in 1966 and transmitted photographs from another world. A historic moment when ...

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.

Once thought dormant, the Moon is now revealed to be a dynamic world. Cooling and contracting, its crust fractures, creating cliffs and generating measurable moonquakes. Recent studies confirm this ...

Optical subsystems will assist LUNINT demonstration using celestial navigation, lunar terrain tracking, and high resolution lunar surface imaging. This contract underscores OSI's recognized ...