The IM-2 mission will test lunar mobility, resource prospecting and the first-ever cellular network on the moon.

While Resilience and Blue Ghost are in orbit and preparing to leave for the moon, another lunar lander — Intuitive Machines ' IM-2, or Athena — recently arrived at Cape Canaveral to loaded atop of a ...

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 ...

The moon has come into view for Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost spacecraft, which is scheduled to land on Earth's nearest ...

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The company’s second lunar lander, Athena, will carry a small rover and other payloads when its launched, which is tentatively scheduled for late February. Last February, the uncrewed Odysseus ...

NASA is preparing for the launch of the Lunar Environment Heliospheric X-ray Imager (LEXI) aboard Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander, scheduled for January 15. The mission will observe Earth ...

The probe was launched aboard the Hakuto-R Mission 2 Resilience lunar lander developed by Japanese start-up ispace Inc on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in Florida, the university said. National Central ...

"The mission is now in the hands of the unstoppable Firefly team." This is the first lunar lander built by Firefly, which got its start in the rocket business. Firefly launches its own small-class ...

Houston-based company Intuitive Machines, which completed a successful lunar landing with its first Nova-C lander, Odysseus, in February 2024, is expected to launch its IM-2 mission as soon as next ...

It's take 2 for the Tokyo-based ispace, whose first lander crashed into the moon two years ago. This time, it has a rover on board with a scoop to gather up lunar dirt for study and plans to test ...

SpaceX is preparing for a significant dual lunar mission in January 2025, using its Falcon 9 rocket to carry two private landers. Japan’s ispace will deploy its upgraded Resilience lander ...