Blue Origin’s Blue Moon lunar lander is on deck to deliver NASA payload to the moon
NASA says it has penciled in Blue Origin's Blue Moon cargo lander to deliver a scientific payload to the moon as early as ...
The New York Times6d
Moon Lander’s Journey to Lunar Surface Ends With Uncertainty
The most intriguing lander is the one planned by Blue Origin, the rocket company started by Jeff Bezos. The lander, known as Blue Moon Mark 1, will be the largest spacecraft ever to set down on ...
Space Coast launch schedule
The Space Coast set a new record in 2024 with 93 launches from all providers, building off the 72 orbital missions flown in 2023. With SpaceX’s continued pace, more launches from United Launch ...
Astronomy on MSN6d
The new golden age of Moon exploration
A new golden age of lunar exploration is in full swing, and the Moon is no longer the province of global superpowers alone.
The New York Times6d
Texas Company’s Lander Dies on Moon the Day After Toppled Landing
One of the key NASA instruments carried by Athena was a drill built by Honeybee Robotics, a subsidiary of Blue Origin ... misstated how far the Athena moon lander was from its targeted landing ...
Private space race heats up as interest in startups surges
Firefly AerospaceTwo moon landings in less than a week have turned the spotlight again on space startups. NASA is leaning on ...
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US firm Firefly scores its first moon landing with Blue Ghost spacecraft
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 ...
Moonshot: Two lunar landings in one week boost interest in space startups
Two moon landings in less than a week have once again turned the spotlight on space startups as NASA leans on private ...
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Failure is an option. Here's why some new space ventures go sideways
Within the span of a few days, another SpaceX Starship broke up on re-entry, and two other space companies faced failures.
Elon Musk's Starship blew up again — and our prospects of mining the moon hang in the balance
Space companies need Starship's super-heavy heft to fly human habitats and mining equipment to the moon. The rocket just ...