JAXA small lunar landing demonstrator "SLIM ". Watch how it travels to the moon's surface in this animated explainer. Credit: ...

Two commercial lunar landers are currently on their way to the Moon, and at least two more are set to follow this year under NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative. Meanwhile, ...

Thales Alenia Space (TAS) has secured an 862 million euro contract to design and construct Argonaut, a European lander set for regular missions to the Moon ... Continue Reading → ...

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

7 launch of a flagship H-2A rocket operated by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. put an X-ray telescope into orbit that will explore the origins of the universe, as well as a small lunar lander.

Firefly's Blue Ghost lander, originally scheduled to lift off in late 2024, is on its maiden voyage. The uncrewed spacecraft ...

The company's second lunar lander, Athena, will carry a small rover and other payloads when its launched, which is ...

On January 18, the team at Firefly carried out Blue Ghost’s first engine burn, firing up the lander’s thrusters and main ...

Blue Ghost and New Glenn started off the year right. Many more launches are on the way, and many can be watched online.

The lunar lander was assembled and tested at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or better known as JAXA. The first mission did capture stunning photos of Earth while the spacecraft was ...

Along for the ride is a mission for the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) with commercial partner ispace trying for a second lunar landing run with its Hakuto-R Mission-2 lander.

NGLR-1 will be carried to the surface by Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost 1 lunar lander. Developed by researchers at the University of Maryland in College Park, NGLR-1 will be delivered to the ...