More than 3 billion years ago, when the Moon’s volcanic mare (the dark lunar “seas”) were formed, the Moon was rife with ...

However, in lieu of a mass simulator, Astrobotic wanted to see if it could find a more useful payload. So as the company's ...

Though 2025 won't mark the return of astronauts into deep space as NASA had hoped, launchpads still will be scorching-hot from a procession of robotic spacecraft attempting to land on the moon. How ...

One of the key questions about Blue Origin is whether it will push toward full reusability with New Glenn. In 2021, Ars first ...

Exclusive: The pentagon thinks space may be the next battleground, declaring in a sobering new report that it could be the ‘decisive domain' for any future conflict between existing and emerging super ...

The crew on the International ... Firefly Aerospace’s lunar lander fired its thrusters Thursday to put it on a path to reach the moon in over a month. Dubbed Blue Ghost, the spacecraft beamed ...

The Blue Ghost lunar lander is on its way to the ... It's one of Blue Origin's biggest launches of the year. The Crew-11 flight will take four more astronauts to the ISS in July 2025.

they will study the Martian atmosphere and magnetic environment while orbiting the red planet. Blue Origin’s lunar lander — aptly named Blue Moon — will also carry astronauts onto the moon.