The unmanned probe will achieve lunar orbit -- the first object to do so -- and send information about the moon back to earth. May 30: The unmanned American Surveyor 1 craft lands on the moon and ...

NASA’s $350 million Surveyor program has already tested the bearing strength of the lunar surface and scouted ... which would then smash into the spacecraft’s delicate underbelly.

Illustration showing the Lunar Trailblazer probe on the prowl to probe the abundance and distribution of water on the moon, as well as the lunar water cycle. | Credit: Lockheed Martin LITTLETON ...

Lunar Trailblazer is part of a growing list of probes and landers heading toward the moon to search for water ice. LITTLETON, Colorado — A university-led lunar orbiter designed to pinpoint the ...