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Lunar Missions

SFL Missions Inc. included on team awarded ESA contract for a Moon mapping study

June 13, 2025

SFL Missions Inc. is a member of the team led by NUVIEW GmbH that has been contracted by the European Space Agency (ESA) to conduct a Pre-Phase A study, within […]

Filed Under: European Space Agency (ESA), European Space Agency Moonraker, LiDAR, Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR), Low Altitude Lunar Orbit, Lunar, Lunar / Moon Contract, Lunar Exploration, Lunar Missions, Lunar Satellite Missions, News, SFL Missions (Canada), SmallSat, smallsats

Japan creating battery that can run for 100 years in outer space

May 5, 2025

Japan has embarked on a mission to create a battery system that can continuously generate electricity for a century under the extreme conditions of outer space. Long-operational, maintenance-free batteries are […]

Filed Under: Battery Management System, Financial Report, Japan, Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Lunar Missions, Maintenance, Prototypes, Solar Cells

Moon RACER activates self-driving mode for lunar exploration

April 28, 2025

On a rugged, mock moonscape, the Moon RACER team (Intuitive Machines | Atlas Devices | AVL | Barrios | Boeing | CSIRO | FUGRO | Michelin | Northrop Grumman | […]

Filed Under: Agencies, CSIRO Australia, Intuitive Machines, LiDAR, Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR), Lunar, Lunar Lander, Lunar Missions, Lunar Rover, Moon Racer Lunar Terrain Vehicle, News

Sidus Space’s extended and amended preliminary $120M agreement with Lonestar for six lunar data storage spacecraft

April 2, 2025

Sidus Space (NASDAQ: SIDU), a space mission enabler, will move forward with, and broaden the scope of, a preliminary agreement valued at approximately $120 million with Lonestar Data Holdings. The […]

Filed Under: Agreement, Agreement, Business Moves, Collaboration, Deep Space, Design, Launch Plan, LizzieSat, LizzieSats, Lonestar Data Holdings, Lunar Missions, Milestone, On-Orbit, On-Orbit Support Vehicles, Payload Integration, Sidus Space, Spacecraft, Strategic Partnership, Test Flight

IM-2 lands on the Moon but its status is uncertain

March 6, 2025

After a successful launch last week aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, Intuitive Machines’ IM-2 mission landed on the Moon on March 6 shortly after 11:30 a.m. EST. The craft […]

Filed Under: Data Communications, Falcon 9, IM-2 Lunar Mission (Intuitive Machines), Intuitive Machines, Launch, Lunar Lander, Lunar Missions, Mission Payloads, Moon, Scientific Payloads, Solar, Solar Power Systems, SpaceX, SpaceX Falcon 9, Transmitter Tagged With: Featured

NASA acquires GPS signals on the Moon 

March 5, 2025

NASA and the Italian Space Agency made history on March 3rd when the Lunar GNSS Receiver Experiment (LuGRE) became the first technology demonstration to acquire and track Earth-based navigation signals […]

Filed Under: Agencies, BLue Ghost Lunar Lander (Firefly), Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), GNSS, Italian Space Agency (ASI), LuGRE Mission (NASA + ASI), Lunar, Lunar Lander, Lunar Missions, Lunar Rover, Lunar Services, NASA, News

Firefly Aerospace is “over the Moon” as the first commercial company to successfully land on the Moon

March 2, 2025

Firefly Aerospace, the leader in end-to-end responsive space services, today announced its Blue Ghost lunar lander softly touched down on the Moon’s surface in an upright, stable configuration on the […]

Filed Under: BLue Ghost Lunar Lander (Firefly), Cislunar, Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS), Firefly Aerospace, Ghost Riders in the Sky Mission (Firefly), Imagery, Lunar, Lunar / Moon Contract, Lunar Exploration, Lunar Missions, Moon, NASA, NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS), Test Instruments Tagged With: Featured

Aegis Aerospace celebrates 1st Moon bound Lunar Test Facility + a major milestone

February 20, 2025

On the heels of sending its first lunar test facility to the Moon, Aegis Aerospace Inc. has completed a major milestone on its second lunar test facility. Aegis Aerospace’s first lunar test […]

Filed Under: Aegis Aerospace, Business Moves, Lunar, Lunar Missions, Lunar Test Facility, Milestone, Moon, Moon Mission, NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)

Trans Lunar Injection completed by Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost + imagery captures

February 13, 2025

Firefly Aerospace is now four weeks into their first mission to the Moon—Blue Ghost recently completed its Trans Lunar Injection (TLI) to escape Earth’s orbit and is now in transit […]

Filed Under: BLue Ghost Lunar Lander (Firefly), Cislunar, Firefly Aerospace, Imagery, LEO SSO, Lunar, Lunar Missions, Lunar Orbit, Lunar Orbit Insertion (LSI), News, SmallSat, Smallsat Deployment, Smallsat Markets, smallsats

Infostellar selected by JAXA for a feasibility study on lunar mission support ground station development

February 7, 2025

Infostellar Inc. has been selected by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) for a “Feasibility Study on lunar mission support ground station development”—Infostellar has now begun work on the study. […]

Filed Under: Feasibility Study, Ground Stations, Infostellar, Japan, JAXA, Lunar Missions, Study

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