Moon exploration by private companies is escalating. Here's why: A company that establishes infrastructure first could ...

Firefly Aerospace succeeded in its first attempt to land on the moon with its uncrewed Blue Ghost spacecraft on Sunday, kicking off a two-week research mission as a handful of private firms compete to ...

NASA and the Italian Space Agency made history by successfully tracking GNSS signals on the Moon, proving that Earth-based ...

"We want to get to Mars. We don't want to stop there." Artemis II astronauts talk Moon and future Mars missions at SXSW 2025.

Firefly Aerospace landed a craft safely last week, a first for a private company. But Intuitive Machines’ mission ended when its lander wound up on its side in a crater.

Firefly Aerospace has secured a contract for a dedicated Alpha launch that will transport satellites for NASA’s Investigation ...

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A private company attempted to complete a quick one-two punch at the moon’s face today as Intuitive Machines looked to follow up Firefly Aerospace’s recent lunar landing success, but this time on the ...

The company notched another successful booster catch but lost contact with the Starship spacecraft at roughly the same point it did during Flight 7 in January.

Companies are landing on the moon—or trying to. These players all have exciting goals for innovation on the final frontier.

A small uncrewed spacecraft is buzzing the moon, with under two weeks remaining before its bold attempt to land on the lunar surface.

Houston-based Intuitive Machines, which last year became the first private-sector company to soft-land a vehicle on the moon, said that its Athena spacecraft is on track to touch down around 11:30 a.m ...