China’s lunar ambitions have evolved from symbolic flag planting to a systematic push for permanent space infrastructure.

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

The Intuitive Machines IM-2 'Athena' lander has captured amazing views of the moon from lunar orbit. Credit: Space.com | ...

China’s Tianwen-3 Mars sample return mission could bring Red Planet rocks back to Earth as early as 2031—years ahead of competing U.S.-European efforts ...

A private lunar lander from Japan is now circling the moon, with just another month to go before it attempts a touchdown. Tokyo-based ispace said Wednesday morning its Resilience lander entered ...

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander captured footage of the moon during its third lunar orbit maneuver on Feb. 24, 2025. The photo was captured about 100 km above the lunar surface, showing the ...

Astrobotic’s Peregrine lander launched in January 2024 but failed to make it to the lunar surface because it suffered a propellant leak issue. Firefly and TeamDraper’s landers are yet to be ...

While NASA is ahead of China in the effort to return astronauts to the Moon, the launch of Queqiao-2, China's second lunar relay satellite, makes China the leader in building out this type of ...

And while Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander launch to the moon has been postponed since May 2023, the city’s most prominent space tech company hasn’t been standing still. Last week, the North ...

Astrobotic emphasized Masten's heritage in VTVL technology, which includes winning first prize in the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander X Challenge in 2009.

Masten is the developer of the XL-1 lunar lander and vertical-takeoff, vertical-landing vehicles. In April 2020, the company won a task order under NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services ...