Unlike Apollo—which used a single spacecraft comprising a mothership and lunar lander—Artemis III will see Orion dock with ...

Before SpaceX can complete its Mars and lunar missions, it must demonstrate that Starship is reliable, safe for the crew, and capable of performing orbital refueling operations, which are ...

NASA is also awaiting a modified version of Starship as a lunar lander for its ... and capable of complex in-orbit refueling — critical for deep space missions. SpaceX faced a setback this ...

The Gateway space station will be humanity’s first space station around the Moon as a vital component of the Artemis missions to ... will launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket and spend about a ...

SpaceX, founded by Elon Musk, is revolutionizing space travel. At the forefront of this change is the Starship, a fully reusable spacecraft designed for deep space missions. With ambitions to colonize ...

However, this mission ... with the Lunar Gateway instead. Artist’s concept of Musk’s proposed city on Mars. Credit: SpaceX In addition, there’s the issue of orbital refueling, which is ...

THE SPACECRAFT IS SE SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket carrying a new lunar lander on Wednesday. The rocket carries the Intuitive Machines IM-2 mission to the Moon from Kennedy Space Center ...

SpaceX launched the Athena lander on its third Moon mission of 2025, marking Intuitive Machines' second attempt at a lunar touchdown. The IM-2 mission aims to explore lunar ice deposits near the ...

If all goes according to plan, the Athena lander will touch down near the moon's south pole on or around March 6.