SpaceX launched not one but two lunar landers to the Moon on the same mission, on the 100th launch from the same pad where ...

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

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

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 ...

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

SpaceX launched a pair of commercial satellites carrying lunar rovers as competition intensifies in the private sector’s race to the moon.

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 ...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is set to launch a pair of lunar landers on a journey to our closest celestial neighbor — kicking ...

The Falcon 9 launched at 1:11 a.m. EST (0611 GMT) beneath a full moon and a clear, starry sky. The rocket's first stage came back to Earth as planned, touching down on SpaceX's "Just Read the ...

The rocket carried two lunar landers into orbit, each headed on separate missions. It will take the machines a few months to reach the lunar surface.

"Our customers have different strategies for arriving to the moon, and Falcon 9's abilities enable us to deliver each lander to their respective injection orbits to complete their missions," said ...

SpaceX launches moon landers on Falcon 9 rocket ...