For many years, scientists at NASA have been investigating the possibility of sending a lander of some type to either Enceladus or Europa—both have icy crusts that cover a liquid-water ocean.

Enceladus is still frigid, but has lower radiation and better access windows than Europa. Whether the ice-walker gets a new lease on its semi-autonomous life remains to be seen.

Undaunted, the team is now pushing for it to be used instead on Enceladus. More information: J. J. Bowkett et al, Autonomous surface sampling for the Europa Lander mission concept, Science ...

NASA’s ambitious plan toexplore Europa, one of Jupiter’s most intriguing moons, has faced a significant setback. The agency has officially canceled the Europa Lander mission, a project that ...

NASA’s originally planned lander to Europa was cancelled in 2023, but the technology behind it could be used to explore Enceladus instead, the organization has announced. Called the Europa ...

A Japanese private lunar lander, Resilience, faced communication loss during its moon landing attempt. Ispace confirmed the lander departed lunar orbit. Contact was lost during the descent. This ...

Moon lander 'likely to have crashed', says Japan's ispace. The spacecraft is believed to have descended too fast after a laser system for measuring altitude did not work as expected.

While Firefly’s lander made a successful landing on the moon March 2, Resilience followed a low-energy trajectory to reduce propellant requirements, making a lunar flyby Feb. 14 that sent it on ...

New York City Comptroller Brad Lander holds hands with wife, Meg Barnette, as he leaves Jacob K. Javits Federal Building after being released from arrest outside federal immigration court on ...

Immigration agents arrested Brad Lander, the New York City comptroller and mayoral candidate, in immigration court on Tuesday. “While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal ...