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 […]
Lunar Missions
Japan creating battery that can run for 100 years in outer space
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 […]
Moon RACER activates self-driving mode for lunar exploration
On a rugged, mock moonscape, the Moon RACER team (Intuitive Machines | Atlas Devices | AVL | Barrios | Boeing | CSIRO | FUGRO | Michelin | Northrop Grumman | […]
Sidus Space’s extended and amended preliminary $120M agreement with Lonestar for six lunar data storage spacecraft
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 […]
IM-2 lands on the Moon but its status is uncertain
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 […]
NASA acquires GPS signals on the Moon
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 […]
Firefly Aerospace is “over the Moon” as the first commercial company to successfully land on the Moon
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 […]
Aegis Aerospace celebrates 1st Moon bound Lunar Test Facility + a major milestone
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 […]
Trans Lunar Injection completed by Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost + imagery captures
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 […]
Infostellar selected by JAXA for a feasibility study on lunar mission support ground station development
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. […]