Watch a prototype of NASA's Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, (VIPER) roll down a ramp to simulate its ...

NASA partners with private companies to search for lunar water ice, a key factor for future human exploration of the moon ...

A world-leading designer of space robots says gigantic new rockets being tested by billionaires Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are ...

Two commercial lunar landers are currently on their way to the Moon, and at least two more are set to follow this year under NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative. Meanwhile, ...

"Can you see the flag the astronauts left there?" This then leads to a discussion on how far the Moon is, versus the ...

Intuitive Machines also is interested in at least one other NASA-related payload, though the agency will not be operating it: the VIPER lunar rover developed at Johnson Space Center. NASA ...

SpaceX launched not one but two lunar landers to the Moon on the same mission, on the 100th launch from the same pad where ...

No longer taking the canceled VIPER rover mission. The Griffin lander will demonstrate its ability to land with no official NASA payload, but will touch down on Mons Mouton near the western rim of ...

TBD, fall 2025: SpaceX Falcon Heavy flying Astrobotic’s Griffin lunar lander as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program. No longer taking the canceled VIPER rover mission.

In recent years, several spacecraft failed in their attempts to land on the moon. But 2025 may offer crucial second chances.