NASA is reopening competition on the Artemis moon lander contract originally awarded solely to SpaceX, a decision that has ...

NASA has awarded $146 million in contracts to five companies to develop lunar lander design concepts, perform risk reduction activities and offer feedback to inform requirements for a future ...

Japanese lunar company ispace said work on a new engine for its lunar landers is facing delays and that it is keeping open ...

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NASA announced on Tuesday that it had awarded five US companies, including Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin, a total of $146 million in contracts to develop moon-lander designs. The ...

Lunar landers occupy a pivotal role in modern space exploration, merging advanced dynamic analysis with innovative mechanical design to ensure precise, reliable surface operations. The engineering ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This illustration shows Lockheed Martin's concept of a two-stage crewed lunar lander that NASA could use to go to the surface of ...

A private lunar lander from Japan crashed while attempting a touchdown Friday, the latest casualty in the commercial rush to the moon. The Tokyo-based company ispace declared the mission a failure ...

WASHINGTON — Resilience, the second mission by Japanese company ispace, likely crashed attempting a landing on the moon June 5. Resilience was scheduled to land at 3:17 p.m. Eastern at Mare Frigoris, ...