The same Ohio State University researcher who is helping rovers navigate on Mars is leading a new effort to help humans navigate on the moon

A new map obtained with SMART-1 data shows the geography and illumination of the lunar north pole. Such maps will be of great use for future lunar explorers.

First image of the moon received from Chang-e 1 lunar probe was demonstrated in China at a gala ceremony. This was the formal start of the satellite’s mission to explore the lunar landscape.

Russia's Federal Space Agency (Roskosmos) and the Indian Department of Space have signed a joint lunar research and exploration agreement, the Russian agency said on Monday.

Researchers in the Robotics Institute of Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science are building a robotic prospector for NASA that can creep over rocky slopes and then anchor itself as a stable platform for drilling deep into extraterrestrial soils.

Russia will not participate in joint lunar exploration with NASA, but will assist the U.S. with its shuttle program until 2015, a spokesman for the Russian space agency said.

Scientists in Shanghai are developing an atomic-powered lunar rover for the country's first unmanned mission to the moon in 2012, newspapers reported Monday. The as-yet unnamed six-wheeled lunar vehicle has been under development for four years at the Shanghai Aerospace System Engineering Institute, where a specialized testing laboratory has been outfitted to replicate the lunar surface, the Shanghai Daily reported.