While Resilience and Blue Ghost are in orbit and preparing to leave for the moon, another lunar lander — Intuitive Machines ' IM-2, or Athena — recently arrived at Cape Canaveral to loaded atop of a ...
The propulsion module will enable the lander to ascend and descend to the moon’s surface, carrying its cargo of scientific instruments, rovers, and more, which will assure European autonomous access ...
Thales Alenia Space has won an 862 million euro ($897 million) order from the European Space Agency (ESA) to deliver a lunar lander for moon exploration launches to begin in the 2030s, the firm said ...
The RPS uses two Stirling engines to convert the heat generated by the decay of Plutonium-238 (Pu-238) into electricity.
NASA JPL is diving into an eventful 2025 with ambitious space missions despite challenges like the Eaton Fire. Exciting ...
On Monday (Jan. 27), Texas-based Firefly released two photos of the moon that Blue Ghost captured from Earth orbit. One shows ...
Intuitive Machines (LUNR) announced that it has delivered its IM-2 mission lunar lander, named Athena, to Cape Canaveral, Florida following a ...
Two commercial lunar landers are currently on their way to the Moon, and at least two more are set to follow this year under NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative. Meanwhile, ...
NASA awarded Houston-based Intuitive Machines a $2.5 million contract, which the company said it would use to help develop a ...
NASA's NIAC program is investing in visionary ideas that could revolutionize space exploration. From fusion-powered ...
NASA’s Lucy mission will continue its journey to explore the Jupiter Trojan asteroids, which share Jupiter’s orbit around the ...
The Houston company is one of nine — including major names like Blue Origin — that received a contract in January.