A world-leading designer of space robots says gigantic new rockets being tested by billionaires Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are ...

For the past week, an uncrewed lunar lander has been journeying through outer space on a 60-day mission to the moon on behalf ...

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket slated to launch landers for both ... moon’s near side — for its landing location. Houston-based Intuitive Machines made history in February 2024 by putting a US ...

The launch may not have had the headline-grabbing power of last year's historic lunar landing, which drew attention both for the ... quadrant of the moon's near side. It's believed that Mare ...

In recent years, several spacecraft failed in their attempts to land on the moon. But 2025 may offer crucial second chances.

On board are two privately developed, uncrewed lunar landers: Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost and ispace's Resilience from Japan, which will also deploy a micro rover. Both aim to build ... Mare ...

One rocket, two missions: lunar landers built by US and Japanese companies launched their "rideshare" to the Moon on ...

Both uncrewed missions ... Earth before entering lunar orbit and touching down near Mons Latreille, a volcanic feature in Mare Crisium on the Moon's northeast near side. "With 10 NASA instruments ...

Both Firefly and ... The company’s first lunar landing attempt aimed to put a Hakuto-R lander in the Atlas crater on the northeastern corner of the moon’s near side. This go-around, Ispace ...