“A lander on the surface of the moon ... NASA is letting private companies design and operate their own lunar landers—a trade-off that, on balance, boosts the odds for any given CLPS mission ...

A world-leading designer of space robots says gigantic new rockets being tested by billionaires Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are ...

Firefly's Blue Ghost lunar lander has launched from Kennedy Space Center Pad 39A, and is on a 45-day journey to the moon for ...

In a two-for-one moonshot, SpaceX launched a pair of lunar landers Wednesday for U.S. and Japanese companies looking to ...

The lander, known as RESILIENCE ... and technology payloads will increase NASA's understanding of the moon, assist with design of future spacecraft, and even increase safety of future astronauts.

The lander, known as RESILIENCE ... The science and technology payloads will increase NASA's understanding of the moon, ...

then maybe we can go and make changes to the lander design to help minimize it." Maddock said. Lunar Environment Heliospheric ...

The moon is about to gain its first tiny house. Launching on a Japanese lunar lander is the "Moonhouse," a project by Mikael Genberg 25 years in the making.

"We've done everything we can on the design and the engineering," Kim ... Firefly Aerospace in January 2025 shows the Blue Ghost lunar lander in a clean room. Credit: Firefly Aerospace via AP ...

In 2021, Firefly was awarded a mission contract by NASA, which included the Blue Ghost lander carrying 10 ... NASA's understanding of the moon, assist with design of future spacecraft, and even ...

Recent research has focused on various aspects of lunar lander dynamics, including stability during landing, optimization of landing gear design, and innovative mechanisms for impact absorption.

then maybe we can go and make changes to the lander design to help minimize it." Maddock said. The Lunar Environment Heliospheric X-ray Imager (LEXI) will monitor the interaction of solar wind ...