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NASA selected landers from (left to right) Astrobotic, Intuitive Machines and Firefly Aerospace for missions launching in late 2028. Credit: Astrobotic/Intuitive Machines/Firefly Aerospace WASHINGTON — NASA has selected three companies to fly four ...
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 spacecraft has been reopened due to delays. NASA's ...
Before humans even step foot on the surface of the moon in the years ahead, a fleet of lunar landers are due to beat them there. Already, three landers manufactured by two different Texas companies have made it to the moon since 2024. And in 2026 alone ...
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 company Impulse Space says it plans to develop a ...
WASHINGTON, D.C.—On Tuesday NASA administrator Jared Isaacman and other officials unveiled the space agency’s next small steps toward its long-sought giant leap of creating a “permanent” human outpost on the moon in the 2030s. The announcement ...
There is a chamber at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston that is, in its own way, one of the most extraordinary rooms on Earth. Chamber A is one of the largest thermal vacuum facilities in the world, a vast steel vessel that can recreate the airless ...
Blue Origin is getting closer and closer to having its lunar lander ready for an uncrewed mission launching from Florida to the surface of the moon. Billionaire Jeff Bezos' space technology company has been putting its Blue Moon spacecraft through its ...
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The plan calls for turning the test rover, which is currently sitting at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, into a lunar explorer named PROMISE (“Polar Rover for Observation, M
