A robotic lunar lander built by Texas-based Firefly has successfully landed on the moon, becoming only the second private-sector company ever to complete such a feat.

The lander, called Blue Ghost, launched to orbit on a SpaceX ... lunar base. The program could help inform how NASA might carry out even more dangerous deep-space missions to Mars.

In just two years' time, the SpaceX Starship is due to land people on the surface of the moon – and if you believe Elon Musk, embark on a mission to Mars. So it's a significant setback for the ...

Elon Musk's SpaceX has been developing Starship in its effort to ultimately help settle the moon and, ideally, Mars. This Super Heavy is Booster 15. Its last launch on Jan. 16 failed right after ...

Elon Musk’s Mars rocket program recorded another setback on Thursday as SpaceX’s Starship exploded soon after take off. The 400-foot Starship, powered by 33 Raptor engines, took off at 6:30 p ...

Scalability: Each mission could leave behind equipment and habitats, gradually building a sustainable base on Mars. Zubrin has critiqued SpaceX’s original Starship plan, particularly the challenge of ...

TEXAS – SpaceX’s massive Starship spacecraft exploded ... in the second straight failure in 2025 for Mr Elon Musk’s Mars rocket programme. Several videos on social media showed fiery debris ...

SpaceX has spent years building and testing Starships in hopes it will become the first fully reusable launch system to carry humans and cargo to the moon and possibly Mars. As outlined in NASA's ...

By contrast, for the ascent to space, SpaceX had made upgrades to fortify Starship. Musk founded the company in 2002 with the goal of bringing humans to Mars. Starship is the vehicle that's ...