The Blue Ghost touchdown kicks off two weeks of around-the-clock research by NASA science and technology payloads.

The craters are believed to hold tons of frozen water that could be used by future crews to drink and turn into rocket fuel.

The mission, aptly named “Ghost Riders in the Sky,” touched down in Mare Crisium, a large impact site filled with basaltic ...

SpaceX made multiple changes in the wake of a January Starship failure, only to suffer a second straight vehicle breakup ...

The second-ever commercial landing on the moon comes amid a flurry of lunar exploration activity that will see around a dozen ...

The company has made changes to the vehicle, part of which blew up over the Caribbean in January during the seventh test flight. An issue during the countdown halted Monday’s launch.

“Any time that you ship ... rocket Feb. 26. Intuitive Machines’ Athena lunar lander approached the moon’s surface on the south pole Thursday, March 6, 2025. (Courtesy/NASA) The goal after ...

After launching atop a SpaceX rocket on Feb. 26 from Florida, Athena flew a winding path to the moon some 238,000 miles from Earth. The first moon landing attempt by Intuitive Machines almost ...

After the second loss of Starship was visible in Florida skies, new questions are being raised about the powerful launch ...

Firefly Aerospace successfully reached the lunar surface, to be followed in short order by space companies Intuitive Machines and ispace.

Its last launch on Jan. 16 failed right after liftoff when the upper stage of SpaceX's uncrewed Starship rocket exploded ...

This was Starship’s eighth flight test and follows a failed flight in January. The spacecraft is essential to Elon Musk’s ...