Inverse Reinforcement Learning is a subset of Imitation learning, where the goal is to generate a reward function that captures an expert’s behavior using a set of demonstrations by the expert. Guided ...

This paper addresses an optimal guidance problem concerning the vertical landing of a lunar lander with the objective of minimizing fuel consumption. The vertical landing imposes a final attitude ...

China has conducted two spacewalks from its Tiangong space station in as many months and is advancing on its lunar ...

It may look like a cheap, fake Moon landing, but these incredible scenes show scientists preparing for lunar exploration. NASA engineers are recreating the challenging lighting conditions of the ...

NASA's Blue Ghost lunar lander has arrived on the moon's surface, a striking achievement for Blue Ghost builder Firefly Aerospace and for the US agency's commercial space program.

Members of the Iris team have assembled the Iris Lunar Dream Capsule, a tiny payload that will launch aboard Griffin-1, the next lunar lander from Carnegie Mellon spinout Astrobotic. The capsule — ...

A laser navigating tool doomed a Japanese company’s lunar lander earlier this month, causing it to crash into the moon. Officials for ispace announced the news from Tokyo on Tuesday. The cras… ...

This is the second software error that has caused iSpace lunar lander crashes in as many years.

This May 6th, 1968, footage from NASA shows a training vehicle used by Apollo 11 astronauts as they prepared to land the first man on the moon. In the clip, astronaut Neil Armstrong flies 200 feet ...

A laser navigating tool doomed a Japanese company's lunar lander earlier this month, causing it to crash into the moon. Officials for ispace announced the news from Tokyo on Tuesday. The crash landing ...

A NASA spacecraft around the moon has photographed the crash site of a Japanese company's lunar lander.