It is a Japanese-led commercial mission. Astronauts won't be walking on the moon until 2027, but you’ll see a lot of rockets heading there this year, part of an ambitious series of uncrewed ...

A dramatic view of the Odysseus lunar lander still firing its main engine after making contact with the Moon. Image: Intuitive Machines But in July 2024, NASA questionably cancelled the mission and ...

In contrast, the Artemis missions are designed to take astronauts to the Moon’s extreme polar regions, where temperatures can reach -369 degrees Fahrenheit (-223 degrees Celsius). Apollo-era ...

SO WHILE PEREGRINE NEVER TOUCHED THE SURFACE OF THE MOON AS INTENDED, IT DID GLEAN THE ASTROBOTIC TEAM SOME VALUABLE INFORMATION FOR ITS NEXT MISSION. SO OUR AVIONICS IS WORKING. OUR BATTERIES ...

The Blue Ghost spacecraft will attempt a lunar landing on Sunday, March 2 after roughly 45 days orbiting both Earth and the moon itself. The lengthy orbital period will enable mission operators to ...

In Islamabad's first major involvement in lunar exploration, Pakistan's space agency SUPARCO has joined hands with China for its upcoming Chang'e-8 moon mission in 2028. An indigenous rover built ...

In just the next five years, we can expect at least a dozen lunar missions that will put the human race light years forward in its a race to the stars. The U.S. landed men on the moon in 1969 as ...

As the Firefly Aerospace mission known as Blue Ghost makes it way to the moon, it is snapping some gorgeous images as it goes — including striking images of Earth in its rearview mirror.

Blue Origin is now targeting Tuesday (Feb. 4) for its first-ever moon-gravity mission. The company first tried to launch the NS-29 mission of its New Shepard suborbital vehicle on Jan. 28 ...

NASA has included critical payloads in a flight test that simulated lunar gravity to prepare them for the Moon and other space exploration missions. During the test, Blue Origin’s New Shepard ...