Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin partners with Lockheed and others on moon lander
U.S. billionaire Jeff Bezos said on Tuesday his space company Blue Origin has signed agreements with Lockheed Martin Corp., Northrop Grumman Corp. and research and development organization Draper for development of its lunar lander designed to help NASA put humans on the moon by ...
Japan's space policy committee in the Cabinet Office decided Thursday to participate in the U.S. program to land astronauts on the moon by 2024. Tokyo will notify Washington later this year about the decision by the Committee on National Space Policy. Japan will offer technical cooperation ...
A lunar rover that will explore the moon on foot in 2021 was unveiled in London on Thursday. The new concept, with four legs rather than wheels, will send data back to a larger mother ship, which will transmit it back to Earth. U.K. startup Spacebit ...
Reusable SpaceX rocket for travel across solar system unveiled
Elon Musk has unveiled a SpaceX spacecraft designed to carry a crew and cargo to the moon, Mars or anywhere else in the solar system and land back on Earth perpendicularly. In a livestreamed speech from SpaceX's launch facility near the southern tip of Texas, ...
Australia will invest 150 million Australian dollars ($100 million) in its companies and technology to help U.S. President Donald Trump's bid for a moon landing by 2024 and subsequent U.S. missions to Mars, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said over the weekend. Morrison, visiting NASA headquarters ...
India loses moon probe; Modi hints speed was too high on approach
India lost communication with its unmanned spacecraft Saturday just before it was due to land on the moon, in a blow to the country's lunar ambitions as the world takes renewed interest in Earth's satellite. While Prime Minister Narendra Modi looked on in the mission ...
There might be life on the moon after all: thousands of virtually indestructible creatures that can withstand extreme radiation, sizzling heat, extreme cold and decades without food. These terrifying-sounding beings aren't aliens but instead microscopic Earthlings known as tardigrades, who likely made it out alive ...
Betting on the future of mobility, Toyota pours billions into variety of deals and partnerships
Everywhere you turn in the transportation industry these days, Toyota Motor Corp. already seems to be there. From batteries and self-driving vehicles to lunar rovers and ride-hailing companies, the world's second-biggest automaker is on an investment spree, pouring more than ¥300 billion into deals and ...
Astronaut Akihiko Hoshide wants Japanese tech to be used to explore the moon and Mars
Japan should make use of its space technology in international missions to explore the moon and Mars, Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide said in an interview in New York on Friday. "As an advanced space nation, Japan has entered an era in which it should play ...
The 2012 death of Neil Armstrong and a hospital's $6 million secret
When Neil Armstrong died in 2012, it was officially put down to complications arising from heart surgery. But seven years on, more murky circumstances have come to light. The New York Times said Tuesday it had received by mail 93 pages of documents revealing a ...
'Stronger than ever' after aborted attempt, India spacecraft set for fresh moon launch
India will make a second attempt Monday to send a landmark spacecraft to the moon after an apparent fuel leak forced last week's launch to be aborted. The South Asian nation is bidding to become just the fourth nation — after Russia, the United States ...
Apollo 11's achievement still dazzles
Apollo 11 was a final flaring of American postwar confidence and pride.
