Before NASA’s Dragonfly rotorcraft soars on Titan, model is tested on Earth

NASA’s Dragonfly rotorcraft lander is designed for flight on Saturn's moon Titan. See a "half-scale Dragonfly lander model" ...
Mashable

Private lunar spacecraft sends home breathtaking moon snapshot

A private spacecraft from Japan whizzes around the moon just weeks ahead of a planned landing attempt. Credit: ispace A Japanese commercial spacecraft is zeroing in on its second attempt at a lunar ...
New Atlas

SpaceX reveals simpler lander to speed up Moon return

With its metaphorical feet held over the allegorical fire by NASA, SpaceX has released a new, simplified plan to build a lander to put US astronauts back on the Moon now that the competition for the ...
Space.com

A new private moon lander rises: Impulse Space throws its hat into the lunar ring

"We're confident in our ability to solve technology's toughest challenges and excited to continue accelerating our future beyond Earth." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...
SpaceNews

Resilience lunar lander enters orbit around the moon

Resilience, the second lunar lander by Japanese company ispace, during prelaunch preparations. Credit: ispace WASHINGTON — Japanese company ispace says its second lunar lander in now in orbit around ...
CNN

Inside NASA’s scramble to find a backup moon plan — and the wild ideas companies are pitching

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, ...
The New York Times

Japanese Company’s Moon Lander Has Crashed

The loss of the Resilience spacecraft by Ispace repeated a crash into the moon in 2023 of the company’s first robotic lunar landing mission. By Kenneth Chang This is the third moon landing attempt ...