If the lunar lander had touched down as planned, ... Orion is also "a key part of eventually sending them on to Mars," NASA says. In a couple of years, ...

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 ...

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 ...

If the lunar lander had touched down as planned, it would have been the first U.S. trip to the surface of the moon since 1972. ... NASA's Orion spacecraft, ...

Private lunar lander touches down on the moon, but its status is unknown March 6, 2025 NASA launches Europa Clipper to see if Jupiter’s icy moon has ingredients for life ...

NASA just got the Orion spacecraft that will fly astronauts around the moon on Artemis 2 in 2026; Japan's Resilience moon lander arrives in lunar orbit ahead of June 5 touchdown; ...

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 ...

Astronauts will arrive at the Gateway on Orion, then move to the lander for the journey to the lunar surface. NASA is now considering bids for a different company to provide the lander for Artemis V.

The lunar lander, which could launch this week aboard a SpaceX rocket, is among a fleet of moon-bound uncrewed spacecraft slated to get off the ground in 2025 as NASA prepares to send humans back ...

While the Orion spacecraft, a key part of NASA's Artemis I mission, is on its way back to Earth after going far beyond the moon, a new lunar lander from Japan and a small rover from the United ...

Before it reaches lunar orbit, Starship HLS will need to refuel. The plan is to use a Starship tanker, loaded with propellant and awaiting the arrival of its lander counterpart.