NASA has awarded $146 million in contracts to five companies to develop lunar lander design concepts, perform risk reduction activities and offer feedback to inform requirements for a future ...

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WASHINGTON — Resilience, the second mission by Japanese company ispace, likely crashed attempting a landing on the moon June 5. Resilience was scheduled to land at 3:17 p.m. Eastern at Mare Frigoris, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This illustration shows Lockheed Martin's concept of a two-stage crewed lunar lander that NASA could use to go to the surface of ...

A look at how the space race evolved in 2025, key missions that slipped, and why 2026 is looking to be a banner year for ...

Lunar landers occupy a pivotal role in modern space exploration, merging advanced dynamic analysis with innovative mechanical design to ensure precise, reliable surface operations. The engineering ...

A private lunar lander from Japan crashed while attempting a touchdown Friday, the latest casualty in the commercial rush to the moon. The Tokyo-based company ispace declared the mission a failure ...

NASA’s lunar ambitions have hit turbulence once again, but SpaceX is charting a faster course. The company has revealed a newly simplified design for its Starship lunar lander, aimed at putting ...