Plus: Intuitive Machines and Lunar Trailblazer launch for Luna while KASA plans the same. And, maybe nobody should “dominate” space. Firefly conducted nearly 100 drop tests on lunar soil simulants to ...

Plus: Contextualizing the failure of Intuitive Machines’ second Moon mission and that of Lunar Trailblazer as grave losses for NASA. Plus: Intuitive Machines and Lunar Trailblazer launch for Luna ...

Following the questionable cancellation of NASA’s VIPER rover to uniquely study the Moon’s water ice deposits, the agency asked US organizations on February 3 to formally propose a mission of their ...

Unlike traditional missions, these CLPS missions are fully built, operated and managed by their companies, with minimal oversight from NASA. The agency only dictates preferences for the landing sites, ...

Welcome back to Moon Monday! 2024 was a happening year for global lunar exploration. We start this month with the impending launch of two Moon landers so 2025 seems thrilling already. Before diving ...

Chinese researchers have published a whole range of papers lately on their recent lunar exploration outcomes as well as ongoing scoping of future ambitions. Here’s a contextualized compilation. 1.

Why such a weird but hopefully funny headline, I hear you ask. Because I write for you, not social media or SEO. 🌝 These will help scientists explain why the Moon’s farside was far less volcanically ...