Costs were accelerating and designs weren't closing. And there was no money for the the lander (Altair). The politicians in the Senate reacted by passing a law designing SLS. Literally.

Russia's first lunar lander mission in 47 years ended in failure when Luna-25 crashed into the moon. Credit: Space.com | ...

The mission team knows Lunar Trailblazer's precise position thanks to ground-based tracking, NASA officials said the update.

NASA will continue efforts to restore contact with Lunar Trailblazer through mid-June, holding out hope it can still conduct ...

How can nanosatellites help advance lunar exploration and settlement? This is what a recent study presented at the 56th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference hopes to address as a team of researchers ...

The soon-to-reenter Soviet Cosmos 482 Venus probe is getting increased attention by satellite trackers – and new imagery ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado — Lessons learned and on-the-spot surprises from the first fully successful commercial lunar lander mission bolsters the chances of long-term robotic and human ...

Marotta Controls FDV060 and MV130HLT-L valves play a critical role in Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander, which successfully touched down on the Moon on March 2, 2025. “More than ...

An image released by Intuitive Machines showing the IM-2 lander during its descent to the ... COLORADO SPRINGS – Through government-backed lunar missions, companies are identifying customers ...

“More than fifty years ago, Marotta supported NASA’s Apollo-era lander programs. Today, we once again have our components on the lunar surface—this time as part of the thriving commercial ...

Intuitive Machines may have crashed its latest moon lander on the lunar surface, but that's not keeping the company down for long. The two legs of Intuitive Machines' private Athena moon lander ...

China’s plans to put astronauts on the moon by 2030 remain on track with large-scale tests proceeding “as scheduled”, following the completion of early trials for lunar landing spacecraft ...