Space is open for business, and with a entrepreneur astronaut tapped to lead NASA, the promise of startups and small private space companies may be a hallmark of 2025. And, of course, giant rockets.

The Japanese company will attempt its second landing on the Moon after it failed to do so in April 2023. Named Mission 2, it ...

Moon and other celestial bodies planned by the United States, China, Japan, and the European Space Agency (ESA). These ...

Intuitive Machines, which landed on the moon with its robotic IM-1 mission in February 2024, will be launching IM-2 as soon ...

In 2025, space agencies are gearing up for some ambitious goals. Here’s a look at the most exciting missions planned for the coming year.

The University of Central Florida in Orlando is partnering with NASA and Firefly Aerospace for a 2028 moon mission that aims ...

Astrobotic, supported by NASA’s Flight Opportunities program, flight-tested a lidar hazard detection sensor over simulated ...

Brownsville native Jesus Charles is the senior mission operations engineer for Firefly Aerospace's uncrewed Blue Ghost Mission 1 spacecraft that is destined for the moon in early 2025. (Courtesy: ...

Blue Origin and Rocket Lab. Firefly Aerospace, based in Texas, will head to the moon early in the year with the Blue Ghost I ...

The Moon might seem like a quiet, rocky place, but its surface is covered with tiny, sharp dust particles known as “lunar regolith.” This dust is more than just dirt—it’s electromagnetically charged ...

NASA gives the commercial space company a $179.6 million contract to deliver six scientific instruments to the moon’s surface ...