While the space race of the 1960s was a contest between two rival superpowers, today it is being fought by private space firms and billionaires battling for bragging rights. And the winner will be ...

Still from the video of Blue Ghost's lunar landing. Firefly Aerospace This weekend Firefly Aerospace made history with the first fully successful moon landing by a private company, and now you can ...

"Fly Me to the Moon" chronicles some sketchy events surrounding the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon. But which of those were ...

About five years ago, the Trump-appointed administrator of NASA, Jim Bridenstine, revealed the name of the program that would ...

It was not until February 22, 2024, that another American-built spacecraft made a soft landing on the Moon. This was the Nova-C Odysseus lander built by Intuitive Machines. It landed, toppled over, ...

For a couple of decades after the Apollo moon landings, not many people paid ... s space program has also set the stage for a new space race. At the Commercial Space Conference in Washington ...

Both countries achieve more robotic landings, as the race heats up to land men. Apollo rules NASA clinches the space race with the Soviets in 1969 with a moon landing by Apollo 11's Neil Armstrong ...

Shortly after landing, the team powered ... before hitting the ground. The moon’s south pole is considered crucial to the modern space race because scientists believe it is home to vast stores ...

"We're on the moon," Coogan declared moments later, prompting cheers in mission control. Firefly becomes the second private firm to score a moon landing ... NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Photo: Courtesy company Small players have been making big splashes in space. Last weekend, Texas-based Firefly Aerospace successfully placed its Blue Ghost lander on the moon, becoming the first ...

The U.S. follows four months later with Surveyor 1. Both countries achieve more robotic landings, as the race heats up to land men. NASA clinches the space race with the Soviets in 1969 with a moon ...