NASA is preparing to reopen its contract for a human lunar lander as SpaceX’s Starship development lags behind schedule. This decision is driven by the need to ensure the Artemis program’s moon ...

The plan hinges on SpaceX being able to demonstrate that Starship can refuel in orbit. NASA awarded a contract to SpaceX now worth $4.4 billion to develop a lander capable of transporting humans to ...

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Though SpaceX was awarded the lunar lander contract in 2021, NASA recently indicated its intention to consider other options from Blue Origin and Lockheed Martin. Under its Artemis campaign, NASA is ...

Illustration of a SpaceX Starship lunar lander on the moon. Credit: SpaceX PARIS — NASA safety advisers say they doubt the lunar lander version of SpaceX’s Starship will be ready to support the ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Elon Musk's SpaceX on Thursday said it proposed to NASA a simplified plan to send humans to the moon using its Starship rocket, as the agency presses its contractors to move more ...

NASA has grown frustrated with the delays to SpaceX's Starship HLS development for its proposed Artemis III Moon landing mission in 2027. This week, it opened the contract to allow other providers to ...

Despite the Trump administration’s insistence that the U.S. must win a race back to the moon with China, NASA looks increasingly unlikely to succeed, experts say. Meanwhile China insists it isn’t in a ...

In multiple television appearances this week, Transportation Secretary and acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy confirmed that he would be re-opening the contract to build a crewed Moon lander for the ...

At this rate, Starship will not be ready in time for NASA's schedule. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA may have no choice but ...

SpaceX, billionaire Elon Musk's commercial spaceflight company, says it's working on a "simplified" plan for its Starship megarocket to land astronauts on the moon. The revelation, which was shared ...