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

While Resilience and Blue Ghost are in orbit and preparing to leave for the moon, another lunar lander — Intuitive Machines ' IM-2, or Athena — recently arrived at Cape Canaveral to loaded atop of a ...

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

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, ...

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

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 → ...

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.

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 ...

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

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.