When Firefly Aerospace launches its Blue Ghost lander to the moon’s surface later this year, it will do so aboard a SpaceX rocket and with $112 million in funding from NASA. But CEO Bill Weber sees a future where the Texas-based company goes it alone, completing fully commercial moon missions on a mid-sized rocket built … Read more
There is a growing and passionate call for radio silence to be maintained on the far side of the moon. A first-of-its-kind international symposium is being held this week, turning up the volume to consider the prospect of protecting property on the far side of the moon solely for specific scientific purposes. Despite the moon … Read more
A potentially historic private moon mission is underway. Odysseus, a robotic lunar lander built by Houston-based company Intuitive Machines, lifted off early this morning (Feb. 15) atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. If all goes according to plan, Odysseus will land near the moon’s south pole on … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. The journey of “Moon Sniper,” the robotic explorer who made Japan only the fifth country to safely land a spacecraft on the lunar surface, hasn’t gone quite as expected. Although the mission – officially known … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. The journey of “Moon Sniper,” the robotic explorer who made Japan only the fifth country to safely land a spacecraft on the lunar surface, hasn’t gone quite as expected. Although the mission – officially known … Read more
The Peregrine spacecraft — launched last week in the first U.S. mission to pursue a moon landing in more than 50 years — is on its way back to Earth and is expected to make a fiery return after a critical fuel leak scuppered its lunar ambitions. The failed moon landing attempt is a setback … Read more
The Peregrine spacecraft — launched last week in the first U.S. mission to pursue a moon landing in more than 50 years — is on its way back to Earth and is expected to make a fiery return after a critical fuel leak scuppered its lunar ambitions. The failed moon landing attempt is a setback … Read more
Screenshot of SpaceX’s Starship-Super Heavy rocket on the launch pad. This photo was taken during the SpaceX livestream on X.SpaceX This year the world has achieved several major successes in the race to space. They include SpaceX sending its most powerful rocket to space and India reaching the moon. Here’s everything you need to know … Read more
Next year will undoubtedly be packed with exciting spaceflight missions, from highly anticipated rocket launches to incredible moon missions – including some involving lunar landers and crewed flights – a new Jupiter probe heading into the far-flung and even a demonstration flight of a new International Space Station supply spacecraft. With that in mind, here … Read more
If astronauts fly to the moon or Mars, how do we deal with medical problems so far from home? The finalists of a technology challenge from the Canadian Space Agency and Impact Canada want to use the medical knowledge from working with remote communities – such as indigenous groups in Canada’s far north – to … Read more