Two commercial lunar landers are currently on their way to the Moon, and at least two more are set to follow this year under NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative. Meanwhile, ...

Intuitive Machines, which landed on the moon with its robotic IM-1 mission in February 2024, will be launching IM-2 as soon as January, also on a Falcon 9. The mission is optimized for the lunar south ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission ... following its failed attempt with the Peregrine lunar lander in 2024. Related: Intuitive ...

IM-2 also carries rovers and hoppers from U.S., Japanese and Finnish partners and payloads ... following its failed attempt with the Peregrine lunar lander in 2024. Related: Intuitive Machines ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — A SpaceX mission lifted off early Wednesday marking a first for Firefly Aerospace under NASA’s plans to build up American companies to support its lunar goals.

Firefly is among the participants in NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services, or CLPS, program in which the space agency partners with ... in 2024. Its Peregrine lander began leaking fuel ...

This undated handout image courtesy of Firefly Aerospace shows the fully assembled Blue Ghost Mission 1 lunar ... a lander to the Moon next week under an experimental NASA program that partners ...

US company Firefly Aerospace said Tuesday it is aiming to launch a lander to the Moon next week under an experimental NASA program that partners with ... down on the lunar surface since the ...

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