After an onboard fuel leak dashed hopes for the Peregrine lunar lander to be the first U.S. trip to the moon's surface in more than 50 years, the lander was set to head back toward Earth and burn ...

Sunday was a landmark day for both commercial and public space ventures, with NASA’s Orion capsule returning to Earth just hours after the launch of a privately funded and built lunar lander by ...

A moon lander built by Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin will be the second system that takes NASA astronauts to the lunar surface, agency officials announced today (May 19).

Blue Origin, the space company founded by Jeff Bezos, will join NASA’s lunar lander program — competing against Elon Musk’s SpaceX to develop spacecraft intended to ferry astronauts to the ...

After an onboard fuel leak dashed hopes for the Peregrine lunar lander to be the first U.S. trip to the moon's surface in more than 50 years, the lander was set to head back toward Earth and burn ...

Intuitive Machines second NASA-backed lunar lander mission will deliver scientific instruments to hunt for water under the moon's surface.

Starship HLS will dock directly to Orion so that two astronauts can transfer to the lunar lander, while the rest of the crew waits aboard Orion in lunar orbit.

NASA’s Orion capsule parachutes into the Pacific off Mexico to conclude a dramatic 25-day test flight. The planned splashdown site off Southern California was scrapped amid forecasts of choppy seas.

Orion has no lunar lander; a touchdown won't come until NASA astronauts attempt a lunar landing in 2025 with SpaceX's Starship. Before then, astronauts will strap into Orion for a ride around the ...

For Artemis V and later missions, the lunar lander will be docked at Gateway. Astronauts will arrive at the Gateway on Orion, then move to the lander for the journey to the lunar surface.

If that shakedown cruise goes well, and if a Starship lunar lander that’s currently under development at SpaceX is ready to go in time, NASA would proceed with Artemis 3 in the 2025 time frame.