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ULAs Vulcan Centaur rocket launched on its first-ever mission this morning (Jan. 8), sending the private Peregrine lander toward the moon.

The United Launch Alliance rocket will be the first in a series of new launchers that could chip away at SpaceX’s hold over the space business.

NASA has launched a robotic lander towards the moon in its first mission to the lunar surface since the Apollo programme

Miami, Jan 8 (EFE).- United Launch Alliance (ULA) launched its new rocket, Vulcan Centaur, on Monday from Florida with the Peregrine lander loaded with NASA’s instruments to analyze the surface of the Moon. The takeoff occurred at 2.20am local time (7.20am GMT) from Space Launch Complex 41 of the Cape Canaveral Space Force in central …

Communication has been re-established with a private spacecraft which is heading for the moon after it suffered propulsion problems and its battery ran very low.

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

ULAs new rocket now has one flight under its belt.

A private US moon mission bearing the remains of Star Trek actors and John F. Kennedy's DNA has suffered critical technical problems.

A spaceship carrying the means for NASA's first lunar mission since the 1970s was fired into space early Monday morning from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. While many have lauded this testament to the indefatigable nature of American ingenuity and curiosity, an American Indian grou...

Astrobotics Peregrine lander suffered a problem with its propulsion system today (Jan. 8) that will apparently prevent it from journeying to the moon.