Chun Wang, a Chinese-born crypto entrepreneur, paid an undisclosed amount for the mission. Some satellites are already in polar orbit, and researchers called it a routine flight.

Plenty more launches are to come, including another test of SpaceX’s massive Starship rocket, which exploded while in flight ...

Unlike Apollo—which used a single spacecraft comprising a mothership and lunar lander—Artemis III will see Orion dock with ...

A Japanese company's lunar lander shared the SpaceX rocket ride, but took an even longer route to get to the moon. That lander from ispace is targeting an early June touchdown. Another Texas ...

The lunar lander traveled through space in SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket. It landed on its side in a crater 820 feet away from the intended landing site and is no longer functioning. Intuitive Machines ...

The uncrewed lander ... moon ship. Blue Origin was created by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in 2000 and is headquartered in Kent, Wash. For years, Bezos has voiced a strong interest in lunar exploration.

A private lunar lander is no longer working after landing ... water that could be used by future crews to drink and turn into rocket fuel. Intuitive Machines has contracts with NASA for two ...

The setback could potentially delay NASA's Artemis III human moon landing, planned for 2027, which relies on Starship as a lunar lander. An explosion from ... off Thursday from Boca Chica, Texas, the ...

The setback could potentially delay NASA's Artemis III human moon landing, planned for 2027, which relies on Starship as a lunar lander ... the Ship (the rocket's upper stage) lost engine power ...

It's a haunting photo, but at least it has answers: For the second time in as many years, a private Intuitive Machines lunar lander has tipped ... Earth atop a SpaceX rocket.

A private lunar lander is no longer working after landing ... water that could be used by future crews to drink and turn into rocket fuel. Intuitive Machines has contracts with NASA for two ...