Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin on Friday said it was "pausing" flights of its New Shepard rocket for at least two years, effectively cancelling the company's centerpiece space tourism vehicle ...

Blue Origin’s next launch from the Space Coast could still be its uncrewed and newly named Blue Moon MK1 lander, but it will have to take a trip to Houston and back before it can get to the moon. The ...

Blue Origin's Blue Moon Mark 1 lander, named Endurance, is being shipped for testing. Blue Origin is contracted by NASA to deliver the VIPER mission to the moon's south pole. An upgraded Mark 2 lander ...

An artist’s conception shows the Orion spacecraft’s main engine firing during a lunar flyby, surrounded by eight auxiliary engines built by L3Harris’ Aerojet Redmond facility. (NASA Illustration) ...

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LYON, France–The European Space Agency (ESA) will request €600 million ($691.8 million) from member states at a ministerial council later this month for the first cargo mission of the Argonaut lunar ...

NASA’s new Moon lander marks the first major redesign of lunar spacecraft in over fifty years. Built for the Artemis program, it’s engineered to land heavier payloads, support longer missions, and ...

SpaceX has fallen behind in developing a crewed lunar lander for NASA’s Artemis 3 mission, prompting the agency to reopen the contract to other providers. The added pressure has pushed SpaceX to ...

With its metaphorical feet held over the allegorical fire by NASA, SpaceX has released a new, simplified plan to build a lander to put US astronauts back on the Moon now that the competition for the ...

Though SpaceX was awarded the lunar lander contract in 2021, NASA recently indicated its intention to consider other options from Blue Origin and Lockheed Martin. Under its Artemis campaign, NASA is ...

Nov. 2 (UPI) --SpaceX Sunday said it is stepping up its efforts to develop a simplified Human Landing System for NASA as it pursues a plan to return to the moon. SpaceX has been heavily involved in ...