The ispace Resilience lander will lift off atop of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida Wednesday at 1:11 a.m. EST (0611 GMT), with Firefly ...
SpaceX on Wednesday night launched a Spanish communications satellite from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and retired ...
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, ...
In recent years, several spacecraft failed in their attempts to land on the moon. But 2025 may offer crucial second chances.
Firefly is making its first attempt to put a vehicle on the moon, but this mission marks a second try for Ispace, after its first lander crashed and blasted a divot in the lunar surface in 2023.
The Firefly team also completed nearly 100 lander leg drop tests on lunar simulant, sand, and concrete to simulate predicted and worst-case scenarios. These drop tests included drops from ...
SpaceX has successfully completed the 100th launch of a Falcon rocket from pad 39A and sent two landers on their way to the ...
Firefly's "Blue Moon" and ispace's "Resilience" are the latest in an ongoing push to gain private-sector experience exploring ...
This week, explore the latest chapter of the new moon race, uncover extinct creatures that may be revived, get up close with ...
NASA is sending a suite of science and technology demonstrations on Firefly Aerospace's Ghost Riders in the Sky mission to ...