Blue Origin’s newly named lunar lander headed to Houston for testing

Blue Origin’s next launch from the Space Coast could still be its uncrewed and newly named Blue Moon MK1 lander, but it will ...

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" ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Phys.org

NASA spacecraft around the moon photographs the crash site of a Japanese company's lunar lander

A NASA spacecraft around the moon has photographed the crash site of a Japanese company's lunar lander. NASA released the pictures Friday, two weeks after ispace's lander slammed into the moon. The ...
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, ...
Ars Technica

Here’s the secret to how Firefly was able to nail its first lunar landing

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost science station accomplished a lot on the Moon in the last two weeks. Among other things, its instruments drilled into the Moon’s surface, tested an extraterrestrial ...
Space.com

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 183 — Lunar Lander Wanted! Apply Within

On Episode 183 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by Mike Wall to discuss NASA's pursuit to beat the Chinese to a human landing on the moon. Lander, lander, who's got the ...
CNN

Spacecraft set for a high-stakes lunar landing attempt this week took months to reach the moon. Here’s why

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Resilience, as the ...