5 days ago · Artemis III is the first planned human landing on the moon. It will launch in mid-2027 with a crew of four. It will launch in mid-2027 with a crew of four. The landing site will be in the lunar ...

6 days ago · NASA Space Technology has big travel plans for 2025, starting with a trip to the near side of the Moon! Among ten groundbreaking NASA science and technology demonstrations, two technologies are on a ride to survey lunar regolith – also known as “Moon dust” – to better understand surface interactions with incoming lander spacecraft and ...

Jan 16, 2025 · The target landing site is in Mare Crisium, an ancient 350-mile-wide (560-kilometer) impact basin in the northeast part of the near side of the Moon. After touchdown, Blue Ghost will operate for ...

Jan 15, 2025 · Carrying science and tech on Firefly Aerospace’s first CLPS or Commercial Lunar Payload Services flight for NASA, Blue Ghost Mission 1 launched at 1:11 a.m. EST aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The company is targeting a lunar landing on Sunday, March 2.

Jan 21, 2025 · Firefly's Blue Ghost lunar lander stands more than 6 feet tall and nearly 12 feet wide. Powered by three solar panels, the spacecraft is designed to stick the landing when it makes it to the moon ...

Dec 18, 2024 · NASA continues to advance its campaign to explore more of the Moon than ever before, awarding Firefly Aerospace $179 million to deliver six experiments to the lunar surface. This fourth task order for Firefly will target landing in the Gruithuisen Domes on the near side of the Moon in 2028.

Jan 14, 2025 · Ispace is targeting an area of the moon called Mare Frigoris — or the “Sea of Cold,” which lies in the far northern reaches of the moon’s near side — for its landing location.

Jan 1, 2025 · Starting with Artemis 4, a small space station called the Lunar Gateway will circle the Moon in a six-day orbit and serve as a staging point for lunar landings.

Jan 14, 2025 · Mare Crisium is in the northeast quadrant of the near side of the moon. NASA will pay Firefly $101.5 million if it takes 10 payloads to the lunar surface, and a bit less if it does not fully succeed.

Dec 3, 2024 · First commercial soft lunar landing. The lander tipped over interfering with communications. Chang’e 6: China: 05/03/2024: 06/01/2024: Sample Return Mission: Successful. First sample return from the lunar far side.