The moon's ascending node (the point in the sky where its orbit crosses the ecliptic from south to north) is moving westward ...

Mining ocean resources needed for electric cars and other devices is currently a hot issue of dispute. Final resolution of ...

Florida-based startup Lonestar Data Holdings plans to launch the first Moon-based data center dubbed the "Freedom Data Center." The compact but fully operational information hub will ...

Firefly had purchased a Falcon 9 launch to send its Blue Ghost lander to the moon ... with ground stations on Earth and were operating as expected. Firefly Aerospace is one of the new space ...

Blue Origin's famed New Shepard spacecraft simulated the moon's low gravity on board its capsule during a brief flight ...

So far, one private company, Intuitive Machines, has pulled off a moon landing, in February of last year. NASA is counting on private space companies to do some of the technical groundwork for the ...

Firefly's Blue Ghost lander, originally scheduled to lift off in late 2024, is on its maiden voyage. The uncrewed spacecraft ...

Griffin's upcoming debut will be the second lunar mission for Astrobotic. The company's smaller Peregrine moon lander ...

Wednesday’s launch kicked off the company’s second attempt to send one of its Hakuto-R spacecraft to the moon. Ispace is a company that aims to sell its services to space agencies or private ...

Increasingly crowded orbits full of satellites and debris pose potential hazards for services on Earth, and need regulation.

Credit: China Lunar Exploration Program/China National Space Administration ... As the moon is tidally locked with the Earth, only the near side can be seen from the ground.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space ... Moon in the coming months. Firefly and ispace reported that their landers, each about the size of an SUV, were healthy as ground ...