NASA has awarded $146 million in contracts to five companies to develop lunar lander design concepts, perform risk reduction activities and offer feedback to inform requirements for a future ...

CNN — Before NASA returns humans to the moon this decade, they have to be able to land on the lunar surface -- and that's going to look a lot different than it did in the Apollo days. In preparation ...

The plan hinges on SpaceX being able to demonstrate that Starship can refuel in orbit. NASA awarded a contract to SpaceX now worth $4.4 billion to develop a lander capable of transporting humans to ...

Impulse Space’s lunar transportation system concept uses the company’s Helios tug (left) with a new lunar lander the company will develop. Credit: Impulse Space WASHINGTON — In-space transportation ...

Lonestar Data Holdings successfully conducted its final data center test on Intuitive Machines' lunar lander mission IM-1. The company transmitted the Declaration of Independence from the Earth to the ...

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 ...

Spaceflight planners are treating 2026 as a pivot year, with six headline missions that range from NASA’s push back to the moon to the first heavy-lift launches of a new generation of commercial ...

• Resilience, a lander built by Japan-based company Ispace, attempted to touch down on the moon around 3:17 p.m. ET. But the mission failed to land safely, Ispace officials confirmed hours later. • ...

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A lost signal marks the second imperfect attempt at a lunar landing for Tokyo-based company ispace A Japanese lunar lander called Resilience failed to softly touch down on the moon’s surface on June 5 ...