Inside a 55-foot-tall vacuum chamber at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, engineers spent weeks subjecting Blue Origin’s uncrewed ...
The European Space Agency (ESA) is entering a bold new phase of lunar exploration, setting its sights on establishing a sustainable and independent European presence on the moon. Building upon decades ...
With Blue Origin's mockup now assembled at JSC, astronauts can now seamlessly transition from training inside Orion to ...
Four-and-a-half months after launch atop a Falcon 9 rocket, a privately-built Japanese lander attempted to touch down on the moon Thursday, but telemetry indicated a higher-than-expected descent ...
Meet Bille, the name given to the world's first monostable tetrahedron—a four-faced object that will always land on the same side, no matter its starting position. This feat of geometry and ...
Four U.S. companies are targeting lunar landings in 2026, including Astrobotic, Blue Origin, Firefly Aerospace, and Intuitive Machines. The missions are part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload ...
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 ...
WASHINGTON — Japanese company ispace is revising its lunar lander design and further delaying the first mission by its American subsidiary while also unveiling plans for a lunar satellite ...