Trump again called on the United States to send astronauts to Mars in his speech to a joint session of Congress.

"I hope to one day be the astronaut who will plant the UAE flag on the moon," said Noora AlMatrooshi, the first Emirati female astronaut, during her talk with students at the American Academy for ...

Moon landing remains a source of controversy for some, with this photo of Buzz Aldrin the subject of three viral conspiracies ...

President Trump set the U.S. on a path to sending astronauts back to the lunar surface during his first term. Lately he has ...

Credit: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images President Donald Trump told lawmakers that U.S. astronauts will ... into space and plant the American flag on the planet Mars and ...

Donald Trump wants to plant the US flag on Mars. The President of the United States, 78, made his first address to a joint ...

Intuitive Machines, a Houston company aiming to repeat a 2024 landing, said its spacecraft, Athena, has power and is ...

"Can you imagine how awesome it will be to have American astronauts plant the flag on another planet for ... in 2017 to build a human presence on the moon -- to get people setting foot on Mars ...

The Houston-based company put its Athena spacecraft on the moon just after 12:30 p.m. ET. The landing site is closer to the lunar south pole than any human or vehicle has traveled before.