However, in lieu of a mass simulator, Astrobotic wanted to see if it could find a more useful payload. So as the company's ...

A six-day window for the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launching the missions begins early Wednesday morning (Jan. 15), with liftoff scheduled for 1:11 a.m. EST (0611 GMT) from Launch Complex-39B at NASA's ...

The rocket's second stage continued onward and upward as planned, delivering Blue Ghost to a lunar transfer orbit about 65 minutes after launch and ... program. The lander is carrying 10 NASA ...

America's next Moon lander, Blue Ghost, is traveling through space after launching from Florida earlier this month and capturing breathtaking views. About a week after launch, the spacecraft ...

Similar to Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic Technology, which developed the Peregrine ... 45 days after launch. The Hakuto-R lander, called Resilience, is taking an even slower path to the moon.

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 ... shortly after liftoff on Jan. 15. A photo captured by SpaceX ...

Ispace is a commercial company that aims to sell its services to space agencies or private companies seeking to put something on the moon. Similar to Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic Technology, which ...

One week after its ... same day of the launch, shows the top deck of the lander, along with its antenna and NASA's X-ray imager intended for use on the lunar surface. A photo captured by SpaceX ...