ispace-Europe and the Italian Space Agency (ASI) have signed a deal to transport a compact laser retroreflector array (LaRA2 ... will be integrated into the “APEX 1.0” lunar lander as part of a ...

There's a lot less sky and a lot more moon in view for Firefly Aerospace's "Ghost Riders in the Sky" mission.

This time IM-2’s lander ... aluminum device called the Laser Retroreflective Array, or LRA, which the space agency intends to use as a node in a larger lunar network for more accurately ...

The lander will also deploy a laser reflector array that will help scientists measure the Earth-moon distance. — Here's what NASA is sending to the moon on Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar ...

A private U.S. lunar lander is expected to stop working Tuesday, its mission cut short after landing sideways ... forcing flight controllers to rely on a NASA laser-navigating device that was ...

The lander is packed with 10 scientific instruments to study the lunar surface and gather data to support future human missions to the Moon as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services ...

One week ago, a private lunar lander left the ground on a nearly 7-week journey to reach the surface of the moon. The launch may not have had the headline-grabbing power of last year's historic ...

One week ago, a private lunar lander left the ground on a nearly 7-week journey to reach the surface of the moon. The launch may not have had the headline-grabbing power of last year's historic lunar ...