The European Space Agency (ESA) has signed a contract for a moon lander that's expected to last for years in the harsh environment of the lunar surface. The European Space Agency handed Thales ...

Pittsburgh-based company Astrobotic has found a replacement rover to fly on the first-ever mission of its Griffin moon lander. Griffin was originally supposed to deliver NASA's ice-hunting VIPER ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — NASA showcased the next lunar lander from Intuitive Machines on Friday afternoon, which is the same company to be the first commercial business to land on the moon.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The European Space Agency (ESA) has signed a contract for a moon lander that's expected to last ...

5. Astrolab’s FLEX Lunar Innovation Platform, or FLIP, rover will be the main payload on Astrobotic’s Griffin-1 lander, slated to land in the Nobile region near the south pole of the moon.

The Blue Ghost Lander represents a significant milestone in private sector participation in space exploration, particularly lunar missions. It will: Investigate heat flow from the lunar interior.

Team Draper’s lunar lander will aim to land in the Schrödinger Basin in 2026 under NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative, which is part of the Artemis program. The robotic ...

Under that plan, the Chang’e-7 mission scheduled for 2026 aims to carry out the most detailed survey of the lunar south pole, using an orbiter, a lander, a rover – and the flying detector.

City Comptroller Brad Lander lamented an underage kid’s access to puberty blockers in a tirade against President Trump’s executive order banning federal funding for sex-change surgeries and ...

The phenomenon of a Full Moon arises when our planet, Earth, is precisely sandwiched between the Sun and the Moon. This alignment ensures the entire side of the Moon that faces us gleams under ...