Before arriving at the moon, the small satellite mission will use the gravity of the sun, Earth, and moon over several months ...

Firefly launches its own small-class rocket named Alpha and has partnered ... owned by a company named Astrobotic, failed to reach the Moon after a leak in its propulsion system.

Two lunar landers built by private companies in the US and Japan have left Earth aboard a SpaceX rocket as part of a rideshare to the Moon. The Falcon 9 took off from the Kennedy Space Center in ...

A SpaceX rocket carrying two commercial lunar landers ... Blue Ghost is expected to take about 45 days to reach the moon, where it will collect soil samples, test various instruments and monitor ...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket set for takeoff early ... a “flyby” to slingshot around the moon and then reapproaching it. The company plans to deploy a small micro-rover to drop an art installation ...

Robotic vehicles from Firefly Aerospace of Texas and Ispace of Japan parted ways early Wednesday after being launched on the same SpaceX rocket ... s “mini-moon,” a small rock discovered ...

One week ago, a private lunar lander left the ground on a nearly 7-week journey to reach the surface of the moon. The launch may ... 15 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket for a 1:11 a.m. EST launch ...