NASA has awarded Firefly Aerospace a $93.3 million contract to take a lunar lander module loaded with experiments to the surface of the moon. While the company will not be performing the launch itself ...
For decades, the European Space Agency (ESA) has been a sort of trusted sidekick for the much larger NASA. In some respects, that continues to this day, as ESA is backing the Americans' push for the ...
Espoo, FINLAND — China has completed an integrated landing and ascent test of its Lanyue lunar lander, marking a major milestone in its crewed moon landing program. The first integrated landing and ...
Four U.S. companies are targeting lunar landings in 2026, including Astrobotic, Blue Origin, Firefly Aerospace, and Intuitive Machines. The missions are part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload ...
Four U.S. companies are targeting lunar landings in 2026, including Astrobotic, Blue Origin, Firefly Aerospace, and Intuitive Machines. The missions are part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload ...
Scientists may have spotted a long–lost Soviet Union Lander, more than 60 years after it vanished on the surface of the moon. On February 3, 1966, the uncrewed Luna 9 lander became the first craft to ...