Firefly Aerospace successfully reached the lunar surface, to be followed in short order by space companies Intuitive Machines and ispace.

Moon exploration is undergoing a potentially transformative moment. Over the course of six weeks, three different lunar landers began a rocket-fueled space journey to learn more about Earth’s nearest ...

Space companies need Starship's super-heavy heft to fly human habitats and mining equipment to the moon. The rocket just suffered a major setback.

Destination: the moon's still unexplored south pole where scientists hope ... The lander will launch atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. If all goes well, Intuitive Machines 2 (IM-2) would land on the moon ...

The four-legged Blue Ghost carried 10 scientific payloads as it touched down near an ancient volcanic vent on Mare Crisium, a ...

The spacecraft will separate from the rocket after reaching ... But safely arriving at this destination will be a challenge. The areas closest to the moon’s south pole are pockmarked with ...

Its destination is the moon, where NASA and the company hope the tools and experiments on board will find different forms of water on the lunar satellite. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket sent up the IM ...

Destination: the moon's still unexplored south pole where ... early morning liftoff attempt of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral on the Starlink 12-13 mission. New target liftoff ...

The moon may not be Mars-obsessed Elon Musk's favorite space destination, but many other ... be broken down into hydrogen and oxygen for rocket fuel, while minerals like titanium or rare earth ...

“Bluntly to get down to the surface of the moon, you have to ride a rocket all the way from orbit ... to move even further on the way to Mars.” Destination: Mons Mouton on south pole.