Placing ultrastable lasers inside some of the coldest, darkest lunar craters could help scientists establish a GPS-like ...

When humans return to the Moon, they will be faced with many challenges. The long-term residents of our natural satellite ...

CAREY, Idaho — It's where black lava rock stretches for miles, broken only by the flowers that bloom in the cracks. This is a place so unique, it could pass for another celestial body. Except it's not ...

Permanently shadowed craters have long interested scientists. Could a new laser system help future spacecraft navigate the ...

The following is a press release from the National Parks Service: ARCO, Idaho (KIFI) — The National Park Service (NPS) invites members of the public to participate in three special “walks on the Moon” ...

They rank among the darkest and coldest places in the solar system: Hundreds of lunar craters, many of them at the moon's ...

ARCO, Idaho (KIFI) – As millions of eyes watched the take-off of NASA's first manned space flight around the moon in more than 50 years, an Idaho State University (ISU) scientist and National Park ...

ARCO — On May 2, Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve in Southern Idaho turned 101, bringing its 100th anniversary year to a close. President Calvin Coolidge issued a proclamation to ...

In the 1960s, NASA needed to prepare astronauts for walking on the moon's surface, so it searched for the most lunar-like landscape on Earth. When they found it, it seemed almost unbelievable that ...