"It kinda feels like this mission is right out of one of our favorite sci-fi movies," Nicky Fox, associate administrator of the NASA's Science Mission Directorate, said during a prelaunch briefing.

Edwards was part of the team that pitched the Lunar Trailblazer Mission to NASA in 2019. The goal was to find projects that could provide valuable insight with a more modest budget, with many ...

NASA and SpaceX launched the IM-2 mission, carrying a lunar lander and multiple payloads to the Moon’s South Pole. The mission aims to test lunar mobility and resource prospecting, with landing ...

With the IM-1 mission, Odie sought to test out several navigation technologies and gather scientific data using the NASA science instruments. Odie only had to perch in place as it transmitted data ...

Finally, NASA spent another $89 million on the Lunar Trailblazer satellite and mission operations. Total cost to NASA: $207 million. The mission was funded in large part by the agency's Commercial ...