China recently conducted a test of a lunar lander, marking a turning point in the country’s space ambitions. The experiment is a central part of efforts to land astronauts on the moon by the end of ...

But SpaceX, the company tasked with providing the mission’s lunar lander, estimates that the earliest it’ll be ready will be ...

At this rate, Starship will not be ready in time for NASA's schedule. NASA may have no choice but to postpone the launch of ...

Over a half-century after the triumph of Apollo, it's frustrating to see China take the lead in a new space race as the White House shackles NASA to exert political control. The China Manned Space ...

More than 50 years after the last time humans walked on the moon, China is working steadily toward landing its astronauts on ...

Nearly five months ago, a SpaceX rocket launched out of Florida carrying two lunar landers. The Blue Ghost spacecraft, from Texas-based Firefly Aerospace, zoomed to the moon, and in March it became ...

SpaceX was awarded the contract to build the lunar landing vehicle for Artemis III in April 2021, using a version of their ...

ESA said in a statement that the Artemis 4 Orion service module would begin its journey across the Atlantic Ocean "in a few ...

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