Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin is currently refining its Endurance lander to ensure it can function as the backbone of a lunar ...

A U.S. commercial spacecraft has successfully landed on the Moon, confirming a major advance in the partnership between NASA ...

Dynetics Alpaca and Blue Origin both look like possible 2029-2030 lunar landers if they get funded. The developments are not certain. Reviving the competition will be a $2-5 billion cost. However, ...

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 ...

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost 4 lander will deliver two rovers to the moon and carry three instruments for NASA. Credit: Firefly Aerospace WASHINGTON — NASA has selected Firefly Aerospace for a ...

A private lunar lander from Japan crashed while attempting a touchdown Friday, the latest casualty in the commercial rush to the moon. The Tokyo-based company ispace declared the mission a failure ...

Any mission heading to the surface of the Moon needs to succeed, first and foremost, a lander. That would be the piece of technology that delivers whatever experiments and gear its operators send up ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. This is a 1/5 scale model of the Surveyor spacecraft, which was used by NASA and Hughes Aircraft Company engineering ...

A Japanese company trying to land a spacecraft on the moon Friday said that the unmanned lander is believed to have crashed into the lunar surface. Five hours after initiating the landing sequence and ...

The spacecraft's laser range finder, or LRF, experienced an anomaly that prevented Resilience from obtaining valid measurements of its distance from the lunar surface. When you purchase through links ...