Astrobotic designing wheels for mobile moon outpost as part of NASA Artemis program

Astrobotic announced Tuesday it’s developing specialized wheels for a mobile lunar outpost, a critical component of the NASA-led Artemis moon exploration program. The Pittsburgh-based aerospace and ...

With Artemis II facing delays, NASA announces big structural changes to the lunar program

Artemis II has been plagued by similar issues to those faced by its predecessor, leading NASA to shake up its plan to return ...

NASA announces major overhaul of Artemis moon program amid safety concerns, delays: "We've got to get back to basics"

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman announced significant changes to the agency's Artemis program, which aims to land on the ...

NASA announces major overhaul of Artemis moon program "to take down risk"

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman announced significant changes to the agency's Artemis program, which aims to land on the moon in 2028.
Hackaday

Forget Waldo. Where’s Luna 9?

Luna 9 was the first spacecraft to soft-land on the moon. In 1966, the main spacecraft ejected a 99-kg lander module that used a landing bag to survive impact. The problem is, given the technology ...
Popular Science

Astronomers close in on long-lost Soviet lunar lander

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. For nearly 60 years, the first humanmade object to successfully ...
Houston Public Media

Blue Origin’s lunar lander is at Houston’s Johnson Space Center for testing

Private space exploration company Blue Origin said its Blue Moon MK1 lunar lander arrived in Houston for testing. A lunar lander from the private space exploration company Blue Origin is in Houston ...
Aviation Week

Blue Origin Mark 1 Lunar Lander Heads To JSC For Testing

ORLANDO, Florida—Blue Origin’s first lunar lander, known as Blue Moon Mark 1 (MK1), is en route to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston for thermal vacuum testing ahead of launch later this year, ...
Orlando Sentinel

Blue Origin’s newly named lunar lander headed to Houston for testing

Blue Origin’s next launch from the Space Coast could still be its uncrewed and newly named Blue Moon MK1 lander, but it will have to take a trip to Houston and back before it can get to the moon. The ...
Florida Today

Blue Origin moon lander rolls out of Merritt Island facility

Blue Origin's Blue Moon Mark 1 lander, named Endurance, is being shipped for testing. Blue Origin is contracted by NASA to deliver the VIPER mission to the moon's south pole. An upgraded Mark 2 lander ...
CNN

4 astronauts will soon take an unprecedented path to the moon. But why aren’t they landing?

The spacecraft that could soon carry four people on a historic lunar mission, NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion capsule, will take center stage Saturday, making an hours-long journey ...
Phys.org

NASA JPL tests future lunar craft with shake-up

The same historic facilities that some 50 years ago prepared NASA's twin Voyager probes for their ongoing interstellar odyssey are helping to ready a towering commercial spacecraft for a journey to ...