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Intuitive Machines Lunar Lander Captures Amazing Views Of Earth After SpaceX Launch

Intuitive Machines "Odysseus" lunar lander captured amazing views of Earth after separation from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket upper stage. Credit: Intuitive Machines | edited by Space.com Music: Quest for ...

Blue Origin Shows Off Its MK1 Lunar Lander—and It’s Way Bigger Than Apollo’s

The Blue Moon Mark 1 (MK1) lunar lander is big, beautiful, and preparing to launch within the next four months. Can Blue ...
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Animation Of Japan's SLIM Lunar Lander To Moon

JAXA small lunar landing demonstrator "SLIM ". Watch how it travels to the moon's surface in this animated explainer. Credit: ...
News 13

ispace loses another lunar lander during moon landing mission

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — The Japanese company ispace announced that it believes its HAKUTO-R Mission 2 lunar lander has been lost while attempting to land on the moon on Thursday afternoon. This is the ...
News 13

Japanese company ispace prepares for lunar lander to touch down on the moon

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — After launching from Florida's space coast and cruising toward the moon for the last five months, the Japanese company ispace is preparing to touch down its lunar lander on ...
Futurism

SpaceX Releases Renders of the Inside of Its Enormous Lunar Lander

SpaceX has shown off intriguing renders of the interior of the Human Landing Systems (HLS) variant of its enormous Starship spacecraft — and we can’t shake the feeling that it’s a surprisingly poor ...
Florida Today

Could Blue Origin snatch SpaceX's Starship lander contract? | Space Beat

With acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy reopening the $4.4 billion lunar lander contract for Artemis III, SpaceX could be in jeopardy of losing out. Could Blue Origin sweep in and take it? Space ...
NextBigFuture

SpaceX Losing Exclusivity to the NASA Artemis 3 Lunar Lander

NASA’s acting administrator Sean Duffy says he plans to “open up the contract” SpaceX holds to land astronauts on the moon for the Artemis 3 mission because the company has fallen behind schedule.
The Spokesman-Review

Blue Origin could benefit from SpaceX delay as NASA reopens moon lander contract

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.– Interim NASA Administrator Sean Duffy said Monday that NASA was reopening the contract for the Artemis III moon lander after delays with development of SpaceX’s Starship. SpaceX ...
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NASA Issues Stern Message To SpaceX Over Moon Lander Delay In Space Race With China

Unabashedly lighting the fire under SpaceX, acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy announced on Monday that the agency is opening its high-profile Artemis III human lunar landing contract to new bidders ...
Digital Trends

Could this lander return astronauts to the moon instead of SpaceX’s Starship?

Acting NASA chief Sean Duffy surprised many people earlier this week when he said the space agency was intending to reopen the contracts for the Artemis III lunar lander that will return astronauts to ...
The New York Times

With SpaceX Behind Schedule, NASA Will Seek More Moon Lander Ideas

Blue Origin, owned by Jeff Bezos, and Lockheed Martin are among the contractors that may compete with Elon Musk’s company in the race back to the lunar surface. By Kenneth Chang The acting ...