A Japanese company says a laser navigating tool doomed its lunar lander, causing it to crash into the moon.

This school year has presented significant challenges for Grayson County Public Schools.

A private lunar lander from Japan is now orbiting the moon, with just another month to go before it attempts a touchdown.

Lynchburg's recovery community celebrated throughout walk

It is due to reach the space station late Monday and remain there until spring. Even the two astronauts on the first SpaceX crew flight stayed behind at Johnson Space Center in Houston. “I didn’t start breathing until about a minute after it took off,” Pence said during a stop at SpaceX Launch Control to congratulate the workers. The first-stage booster is expected to be recycled by SpaceX for the next crew launch. NASA turned to private companies to haul cargo and crew to the space station, after the shuttle fleet retired in 2011.