As it headed to the lunar surface ... This time, Astrobotic will launch its bigger lander, known as Griffin. The mission was to carry NASA’s Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover ...

NASA says it has penciled in Blue Origin's Blue Moon cargo lander to deliver a scientific payload to the moon as early as this summer.

NASA announced in July it was canceling the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) mission, a lunar rover that was going to be delivered on Astrobotic’s Griffin lander.

The Athena lander from Intuitive ... Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, or VIPER. The golf-cart-size rover was slated to also land on Mons Mouton on Astrobotic’s next CLPS mission.

WASHINGTON — The second lunar lander mission by Intuitive ... At a briefing about three and a half hours after the Athena lander reached the south polar region of the moon on the IM-2 mission ...

Firefly Aerospace — the first private company to manage a fully successful lunar landing — announced Monday it had completed its mission on schedule. The Blue Ghost lander that launched from ...

A private lunar lander is no longer working after landing ... daytime ends and solar power is no longer available. The south polar region of the moon is particularly difficult to reach and operate ...

A private lunar lander is no longer working after landing ... daytime ends and solar power is no longer available. The south polar region of the moon is particularly difficult to reach and operate ...

The lander was expected to descend at a sedate 2.2 mph for the final drop to the surface in lunar highlands known ... NASA is targeting the south polar region for astronaut landings, in large ...

In 2007, Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic emerged from the corridors of Carnegie Mellon University with an ambitious mission: to lead humanity back to the moon. The 2024 Technical.ly Award-winning company, ...

The next phase of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services moon exploration program began on Jan. 15, with the launch of the Firefly Blue Ghost. It continued with the launch of the Intuitive Machines ...

The six-legged Athena lander, carrying 11 payloads ... Intuitive Machines, Firefly, Astrobotic Technology and a handful of other companies are building lunar spacecraft under NASA's Commercial ...