NASA has awarded $146 million in contracts to five companies to develop lunar lander design concepts, perform risk reduction activities and offer feedback to inform requirements for a future ...

Blue Origin is pausing its space tourism New Shepard flights to focus on competing with SpaceX to be the moon lander for the ...

Impulse Space’s lunar transportation system concept uses the company’s Helios tug (left) with a new lunar lander the company will develop. Credit: Impulse Space WASHINGTON — In-space transportation ...

Dynetics Alpaca and Blue Origin both look like possible 2029-2030 lunar landers if they get funded. The developments are not certain. Reviving the competition will be a $2-5 billion cost. However, ...

Four-and-a-half months after launch atop a Falcon 9 rocket, a privately-built Japanese lander attempted to touch down on the moon Thursday, but telemetry indicated a higher-than-expected descent ...

A lost signal marks the second imperfect attempt at a lunar landing for Tokyo-based company ispace A Japanese lunar lander called Resilience failed to softly touch down on the moon’s surface on June 5 ...

NASA’s lunar ambitions have hit turbulence once again, but SpaceX is charting a faster course. The company has revealed a newly simplified design for its Starship lunar lander, aimed at putting ...

The spacecraft's laser range finder, or LRF, experienced an anomaly that prevented Resilience from obtaining valid measurements of its distance from the lunar surface. When you purchase through links ...

"Ocula will provide critical data that informs future human and robotic missions and supports national security with intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance." When you purchase through links on ...

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost 4 lander will deliver two rovers to the moon and carry three instruments for NASA. Credit: Firefly Aerospace WASHINGTON — NASA has selected Firefly Aerospace for a ...