Firefly's "Blue Moon" and ispace's "Resilience" are the latest in an ongoing push to gain private-sector experience exploring ...

Simultaneous launches signal growing private interest in lunar exploration, traditionally dominated by governments.

Liftoff is scheduled for 8:34 p.m. ET tonight (Jan. 29).

The mission featured two robotic lunar landers: one from Texas-based Firefly Aerospace and another from the Japanese space ...

The Moonhouse, the size of a big hand, was ready to hitch a ride to the moon on a lunar lander operated by the Japanese company ispace. It was set for transport on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket that ...

Two new moon dwellers are on their way: on January 15, a Falcon 9 launch vehicle from SpaceX took off with two lunar landers from private companies in Japan and the USA on board. The US space ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (KTRK) -- Frank Sinatra once crooned, "Fly me to the moon. Let me play among the stars," and for two companies, SpaceX granted that wish. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket ...

Firefly's Blue Ghost lunar lander has launched from Kennedy Space Center Pad 39A, and is on a 45-day journey to the moon for ...

Blue Ghost and Resilience, two private lunar landers, launched aboard SpaceX Falcon 9, advancing lunar exploration ...

(CNN) — A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is set to launch a ... taking four to five months to reach the moon. Hakuto-R’s inaugural mission failed because the spacecraft miscalculated its descent as it passed ...