China is developing low-cost lunar cargo options for its expanding moon program A state-owned space contractor has unveiled a concept for an “economical lunar cargo transport” system as China prepares ...

For decades, the European Space Agency (ESA) has been a sort of trusted sidekick for the much larger NASA. In some respects, that continues to this day, as ESA is backing the Americans' push for the ...

Any mission heading to the surface of the Moon needs to succeed, first and foremost, a lander. That would be the piece of technology that delivers whatever experiments and gear its operators send up ...

Dynetics Alpaca and Blue Origin both look like possible 2029-2030 lunar landers if they get funded. The developments are not certain. Reviving the competition will be a $2-5 billion cost. However, ...

An artist’s conception shows the integrated design for the Blue Moon Mark 2 lander. (Blue Origin Illustration) NASA is reworking its Artemis moon program to add a test mission for commercial lunar ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — SpaceX had to wait a day, but it ended up knocking out a pristine launch in the wee hours Thursday for Intuitive Machines, aiming to be the first commercial company to ...

The Blue Moon Mark 1 (MK1) lunar lander is big, beautiful, and preparing to launch within the next four months. Can Blue Origin actually pull this off? Reading time 3 minutes Riding the high of its ...

A suggestion made last week by acting NASA administrator Sean Duffy that SpaceX could be booted from the agency’s upcoming moon-landing plans has rocked the space industry. Now, behind the scenes, ...

NASA acting Administrator Sean Duffy made two television appearances on Monday morning in which he shook up the space agency’s plans to return humans to the Moon. Speaking on Fox News, where the ...

Astrobotic continues assembly of the Griffin-1 lunar lander, now scheduled for launch no earlier than July 2026. Credit: Astrobotic WASHINGTON — Astrobotic Technology says it now plans to launch its ...

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost moon lander has given us an amazing, up-close view of its epic lunar touchdown. Blue Ghost landed softly on the moon on March 2, becoming just the second private ...

As the Orion, the world’s most advanced deep-space capsule, counts down to circumnavigating the Moon, that trek could be the forerunner to a cascade of Mars missions in the 2030s. Shown here is a ...