On Wednesday, January 15 at 1:11 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Also […]
Lunar Lander
Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar mission to launch via a Falcon 9 on January 15th from Canaveral
Firefly’s first Blue Ghost mission, named Ghost Riders in the Sky, will deliver 10 science and technology instruments to the lunar surface as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services […]
Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost Mission 1 to the Moon readies for launch
Firefly Aerospace has completed the environmental testing on Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar lander ahead of the first mission to the Moon in support of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) […]
Axiom Space teams with Astrolab to advance lunar exploration
Astrolab, together with teammates Axiom Space and Odyssey Space Research, were awarded a NASA contract to advance the development of a Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) to enable Artemis astronauts to […]
NASA tech contributes to soft Moon landing, agency science underway
For the first time in more than 50 years, new NASA science instruments and technology demonstrations are operating on the Moon following the first successful delivery of the agency’s CLPS […]
UPDATE 2: SpaceX scrubs Wednesday’s launch of Intuitive Machines IM-1 mission
UPDATE 2: SpaceX and Intuitive Machines scrubbed the launch attempt originally planned for Wednesday morning. SpaceX is now targeting Thursday, February 15 for a Falcon 9 launch of the Intuitive […]
Intuitive Machines + SpaceX complete successful IM-1 test campaign
Intuitive Machines, Inc. (Nasdaq: LUNR, LUNRW) and SpaceX have analyzed the data from the lunar lander fueling tests for the IM-1 mission and have determined the testing campaign is complete. […]
NASA’s LRO Spots Japan’s Moon Lander
On Jan. 19, 2024, at 10:20 a.m. EST, the JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) landed on the lunar surface. Five days later, NASA’s Lunar […]
JAXA’s Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) touches down awaiting solar cells to power
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) confirms that the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) successfully landed on the moon surface on January 20, 2024, at 0:20 am (JST). Communication […]
JAXA into landing prep phase for the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) mission
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has confirmed that the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) is ready to begin preparations for landing descent, based on operational results since insertion […]