Tokyo – ispace, inc., a global lunar exploration company, announced today ULTRA, its newest lunar lander model integrating the APEX 1.0 lander and the Series 3 lander, each of which had been in ...

NASA has awarded Firefly Aerospace a $93.3 million contract to take a lunar lander module loaded with experiments to the surface of the moon. While the company will not be performing the launch itself ...

Espoo, FINLAND — China has completed an integrated landing and ascent test of its Lanyue lunar lander, marking a major milestone in its crewed moon landing program. The first integrated landing and ...

The Blue Ghost 1 lander casts a shadow on the lunar surface after touching down on the moon March 2, 2025. Credit: Firefly Aerospace WASHINGTON — Lunar lander companies want NASA to revise and expand ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado — Lessons learned and on-the-spot surprises from the first fully successful commercial lunar lander mission bolsters the chances of long-term robotic and human operations on ...

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 ...

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, ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This 1:24 scale model of the Surveyor ...

Scientists may have spotted a long–lost Soviet Union Lander, more than 60 years after it vanished on the surface of the moon. On February 3, 1966, the uncrewed Luna 9 lander became the first craft to ...