The Blue Ghost 1 lander casts a shadow on the lunar surface after touching down on the moon March 2, 2025. Credit: Firefly Aerospace WASHINGTON — NASA says its program to use commercial spacecraft to ...

NASA announced which two companies would be tasked to build lunar rovers for its future moon base as well as the company that ...

NASA announced new contracts for the rovers and landers that will lay the groundwork for the agency's proposed $30-billion ...

Four companies now hold the contracts to build the machines that will populate NASA’s first permanent lunar outpost. On May ...

NASA announced May 26 the first contracts for its planned lunar base, picking four companies to develop and deliver landers and drones to the moon.

NASA has decided to give the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) Moon rover project another go after canceling the venture last year following delays and budget issues. The mission ...

As soon as late February, a lunar lander will depart from NASA's Kennedy Space Center on its way to the moon carrying instruments that could investigate what's just beneath the surface. Barely two ...

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander closed in on the moon Saturday, on course for a nail-biting automated descent to touchdown early Sunday, the first of three private-sector robotic moon landers to ...

Acting NASA administrator made the comments just before Firefly Aerospace's private Blue Ghost 1 landed on the moon for the agency. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

The next mission under NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program already has a potential launch date for later this week, and it will bring Intuitive Machines' Athena in for the ride.