Moon Mission

Abbey A. Donaldson Mar 17, 2025 NASA and Firefly Aerospace will host a news conference at 2 p.m. EDT Tuesday, March 18, from NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston to discuss the company’s successful Blue Ghost Mission 1 on the Moon’s surface. Watch the news conference on NASA+. Learn how to…

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Artist’s impression of a future Interlune moon mining mission Interlune A space start-up will launch a moon mining mission in 2027, with the eventual goal of delivering a rare form of helium that is essential for some quantum computers and future nuclear fusion reactors. If successful, it will be the…

The total lunar eclipse on March 13-14 will plunge moon missions into darkness. What will happen to the lunar spacecraft? (Image credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab) When the moon falls into Earth's shadow Thursday night into Friday (March 13-14), observers will be treated to views of…

Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lander, named Athena, is pictured on its side, lying on the Moon’s surface following touchdown on Thursday, March 6, 2025. Image: Intuitive Machines A day after its Nova-C class robotic lander touched down on the surface of the Moon, Intuitive Machines confirmed that its mission is now…

Credit: NASA NASA is seeking design ideas from global creators for a zero gravity indicator that will fly aboard the agency’s Artemis II test flight. Zero gravity indicators are small, plush items carried aboard spacecraft to provide a visual indication of when the spacecraft and its crew reach space. This…

Intuitive Machines' Athena lander in circular orbit around the Moon - Copyright GETTY IMAGES/AFP/File Anna Moneymaker A private company’s second attempt to land on the Moon officially ended Friday after its Athena spaceship came down sideways in a repeat of an off-kilter landing last year. Houston-based Intuitive Machines hoped to…

WASHINGTON – A private company’s second attempt to land on the Moon officially ended on March 7 after its Athena spaceship came down sideways in a repeat of a 2024 off-kilter landing. Houston-based Intuitive Machines hoped to make history with Athena, a hexagonal lander designed to touch down on the Mons…

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The private Athena lunar lander is on its way to the moon. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off shortly after sunset this evening (Feb. 26), carrying Athena and NASA's ride-along Lunar Trailblazer orbiter aloft against a darkening sky here at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC).…

SpaceX, Moon Missions, and Killer Asteroids? - 2024 YR4, ISS Deorbiting, and NASA Budget Cuts - YouTube Watch On On Episode 149 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik discuss the latest space news, including a potentially hazardous asteroid, SpaceX's plans to launch and land in the…