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Cape Canaveral (AFP) Jan 5, 2024 - Final preparations were underway Friday for the launch of the first American spacecraft to attempt a lunar landing in more than 50 years, under a new partnership between NASA and private industry.

Astrobotic's Peregrine lunar lander is scheduled to launch on January 8 atop United Launch Alliance's new Vulcan Centaur rocket. The mission is the first of those contracted under NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.

NASA has paid a start-up just $108m (£85m) for five scientific instruments to be carried to the moon - a fraction of the cost of launching its own mission.

NASA is set to embark on a new era of commercial missions to the Moon, as it bets on an untested private lunar lander to make the trip. The mission, known

A new era of commercial missions to the moon is due to lift off on Monday as NASA gambles on a ride on an untested private lunar lander - alongside hu...

Moon Desecration Space contractor Astrobotic wants its Peregrine lander to become the first private lander to make a soft landing on the surface of the Moon in the coming months. The United Launch Alliance's Vulcan Centaur will attempt its first foray into outer space to deliver the special cargo as soon as January 8, pending […]

The first American launch to the Moon's surface in decades will carry unique items that will remain on the lunar surface forever. Some items include human ashes, personal mementos, artwork and letters from children worldwide.

NASA has responded to the Navajo Nation's objections over a private mission placing human remains on the moon alongside agency science payloads.

NASA representatives responded to the Navajo Nation's request to delay a private mission carrying human remains to the moon alongside agency scientific payloads.

NASA is heading back to the Moon as soon as this Monday, but this time the agency is flying commercial with Astrobotic's lunar lander, a Pittsburgh-based company aiming to become the first private business to successfully land on the Moon.