Current companies employing their tech for space and lunar missions include Firefly Aerospace Inc., which recently launched its Blue Ghost lander ... 1200 liters of payload volume and provides ...

ESA has just signed a landmark contract with Italy’s Thales Alenia Space to build this lander dubbed Argonaut Lunar Descent Element.

On Monday (Jan. 27), Texas-based Firefly released two photos of the moon that Blue Ghost captured from Earth orbit. One shows ...

ESA and the Argonauts The European Space Agency (ESA) has inked a deal worth €862 million with Thales Alenia Space to develop a lunar lander.… The lander, called Argonaut, is designed to carry cargo ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost moon lander has snapped its first photos of its distant target.

Thales Alenia Space has won an 862 million euro ($897 million) order from the European Space Agency (ESA) to deliver a lunar lander for moon exploration launches to begin in the 2030s, the firm said ...

“This commitment to flying missions reinforces our broader efforts of developing a heavy cargo lander ... manifested lunar missions as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services ...

NASA partners with private companies to search for lunar water ice, a key factor for future human exploration of the moon ...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- For the second time, Intuitive Machines will launch a lunar lander to deliver NASA technology demonstrations and science investigations to the Moon for ...

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost moon lander caught haunting images of Earth while preparing ... Blue Ghost is flying to the moon as part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program. CLPS ...

A rendering of Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar lander and a rover developed for the company’s third mission to the Moon as part of NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative.