(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services, or CLPS, initiative aims to deliver science ...

Within a few months, NASA may celebrate the first successful landing of an American spacecraft on the Moon in more than 50 years. This would be an immense confidence boost for commercial startups with ...

For the first time since 1972, NASA is putting science experiments on the moon in 2024. And thanks to new technologies and public-private partnerships, these projects will open up new realms of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A pair of commercial landers are headed to the moon after launching early Wednesday morning from the Kennedy Space Center on a ...

The launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center occurred at 1:11 a.m. EST., with successful Falcon 9 second-stage deployments. Credit: Frank Michaux/NASA HOUSTON—Two pioneering commercial lunar landers, ...

NASA will continue its partnerships with three U.S. companies that are advancing technologies to deliver cargo payloads to the lunar surface. The partners–Astrobotic Technology, Inc., of Pittsburgh, ...

For the first time since 1972, NASA landed a craft on the surface of the Moon in February 2024. But the agency didn’t do it alone – instead, it partnered with commercial companies. Thanks to new ...

ispace's Resilience aims for moon landing after 2023 failure Firefly's Blue Ghost to be third CLPS moon lander Blue Ghost touchdown planned in March, Resilience in May-June NASA's Artemis program ...