On Monday (Jan. 27), Texas-based Firefly released two photos of the moon that Blue Ghost captured from Earth orbit. One shows ...

The lander will deploy a rover and a hopping vehicle. Two years later, Chang’e 8 is set to launch nearby and join Chang’e 7 to form a prototype for a lunar research station. This project might ...

As space agencies and private companies develop reusable launch vehicles ... Recent research has focused on various aspects of lunar lander dynamics, including stability during landing ...

NASA partners with private companies to search for lunar water ice, a key factor for future human exploration of the moon ...

Firefly's "Blue Moon" and ispace's "Resilience" are the latest in an ongoing push to gain private-sector experience exploring ...

NASA has updated its list of potential landing sites for the next human visit to the moon, which is planned for 2026. The Artemis III mission will see the first crewed lunar landing since the Apollo ...

Blue Ghost's final descent to the Moon is tentatively scheduled for March 2. The target landing site is in Mare Crisium, an ...

Space exploration has evolved dramatically since the first satellites were launched in the late 1950s. Once dominated by ...

One week ago, a private lunar lander left the ground on a nearly 7-week journey to reach the surface of the moon. The launch may not have had the headline-grabbing power of last year's historic ...

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launched two lunar landers, Blue Ghost and Resilience, marking a new chapter in moon exploration ...