China is developing low-cost lunar cargo options for its expanding moon program A state-owned space contractor has unveiled a concept for an “economical lunar cargo transport” system as China prepares ...

A team of engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has outlined the decade-long development and testing of what was originally known as the Europa Lander prototype—a partially autonomous robot ...

NASA has awarded $146 million in contracts to five companies to develop lunar lander design concepts, perform risk reduction activities and offer feedback to inform requirements for a future ...

MERRITT ISLAND — Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin has sunk $3 billion to build up its manufacturing plant and launch pad on the Space Coast in the last decade. On Friday, it opened the doors for a rare media ...

NASA’s approach to managing the development of crewed lunar landers for Artemis has successfully controlled costs but not schedule.

Artist’s concept of Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar lander and NASA payloads. Credit: NASA NASA has awarded Firefly Aerospace a $176.7 million task order, the company’s fourth under the agency’s Commercial ...

NASA’s lunar ambitions have hit turbulence once again, but SpaceX is charting a faster course. The company has revealed a newly simplified design for its Starship lunar lander, aimed at putting ...

SpaceX’s stranglehold as NASA’s choice for the historic moon landing planned for the Artemis III mission later this decade was loosened last year to allow competitor Blue Origin back into the ...

NASA’s own internal watchdog has identified schedule delays and unresolved crew safety risks in the two lunar landers meant to return astronauts to the moon’s surface. The Office of Inspector General ...

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