Firefly Aerospace Announces New Lunar Imaging Service on its Elytra Spacecraft
Cedar Park, Texas, June 18, 2025 – Firefly Aerospace, the leader in end-to-end responsive space services, today announced a new lunar imaging service, named Ocula, offered through Firefly’s Elytra orbital vehicles as early as 2026. Ocula is enabled by high-resolution telescopes from the Lawrence…
Sierra Space Wins $3.6M NASA Lunar Logistics Contract
Sierra Space secured a one-year, $3.6M NASA contract to study how its inflatable space station technology could provide logistical infrastructure for future lunar bases. The contract—part of NASA’s NextSTEP-2 Appendix R set of studies—tasks Sierra Space with examining how it…
Qosmosys To Establish Its Business and R&D Headquarters in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – April 17th, 2025 – Qosmosys, a leader in innovative space and technology solutions, today announced the opening of an office in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This strategic milestone marks the beginning of a transition to consolidate long…
Johns Hopkins APL Develops Engineering Guide for Lunar Explorers
Lunar experts at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, have created a new technical resource to guide technology developers who are designing systems to withstand the rigors of the Moon’s surface. A suite of videos, titled Lunar…
Qosmosys and Sodern Sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to Advance Moon Economy Initiatives
Paris, France – 28 March 2025 – Qosmosys, an international space company developing infrastructure and service capabilities on the Moon, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Sodern, a leading French company specialized in space optics and critical instrumentation.…
Firefly Aerospace Becomes First Commercial Company to Successfully Land on the Moon
Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar lander softly touched down in Mare Crisium carrying 10 NASA instruments Cedar Park, Texas, March 2, 2025 – Firefly Aerospace, the leader in end-to-end responsive space services, today announced its Blue Ghost lunar lander softly touched down on…
JAOPS Will Operate the First Japanese Privately Funded Rover to the Moon, Intuitive Machines Prepares for Historic Launch
TOKYO, JP / February 25, 2025 / Dymon announced that the YAOKI rover is loaded aboard the Intuitive Machines Nova-C class lunar lander, Athena and is ready to be operated by JAOPS once landed on the Moon. The mission, scheduled to deploy…
Thales Alenia Space signs contract with ESA to develop the Argonaut Lunar Lander for cargo delivery
The lander will fly to the Moon and land on its surface assuring the European autonomous access to the Moon Cannes, January 30th, 2025 – Thales Alenia Space, joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has signed a contract with…
NASA Invests in Artemis Studies to Support Long-Term Lunar Exploration
NASA awarded new study contracts Thursday to help support life and work on the lunar surface. As part of the agency’s blueprint for deep space exploration to support the Artemis campaign, nine American companies in seven states are receiving awards. The…