While New Shepard is best known as a space tourist vehicle, 19 of its 28 flights to date have been uncrewed. The reusable ...

Japan’s attempts to become ... These other two are still en route to the Moon. Sadly, the OMOTENASHI lander was the only one planned for a controlled landing. A shot of the lunar surface.

Congress is none too pleased after SpaceX CEO and unelected official Elon Musk declared that the "Moon is a distraction" and that NASA should instead be going "straight to Mars." Mark Kelly ...

NASA’s newest mission to the moon successfully launched from the Kennedy Space Center early Wednesday morning. Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost Mission 1 is bringing the Blue Ghost lunar lander ...

It will take an energy-efficient path relying heavily on the Earth and moon’s gravity in a winding series of flybys to steer its trajectory, similar to the Japanese space agency’s SLIM which succeeded ...

Only five countries have successfully placed spacecraft on the moon since the 1960s: the former Soviet Union, the U.S., China, India and Japan ... a half-century, landing sideways near the ...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral on Wednesday morning carrying two private lunar landers into orbit in ...

Two moon landers ... similar to the Japanese space agency's SLIM which succeeded in the country's first lunar landing last year. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, carrying Firefly Aerospace's Blue ...

About 12 months ago, Japan landed its first-ever ... That SLIM lander, nicknamed Moon Sniper, nearly became a lost cause after landing on a sloped hill that prevented sunlight from reaching ...

About 12 months ago, Japan landed its first-ever probe on the moon following a series of painful setbacks to the nation’s space ambitions. That SLIM lander, nicknamed Moon Sniper, nearly became a lost ...

Only five countries have successfully placed spacecraft on the moon since the 1960s: the former Soviet Union, the U.S., China, India and Japan. "We’ve done everything ... touchdown in over a ...