Blue Alchemist Hits Major Milestone Toward Permanent and Sustainable Lunar Infrastructure
Blue Origin’s breakthrough in-space resource utilization system aims to turn lunar regolith into solar arrays, metals, and breathable and propellant-grade oxygen, enabling sustainable robotic and human Moon missions and future Mars exploration Blue Origin announced today that its pioneering in-space…
ispace-EUROPE Completes Mission Definition Review for ESA-backed MAGPIE mission, Advancing Europe’s First Lunar Polar Resource Prospecting Rover
LUXEMBOURG –September 10, 2025– ispace EUROPE S.A. (ispace-EUROPE) and its MAGPIE consortium partners have reached a major milestone in the Mission for Advanced Geophysics and Polar Ice Exploration, successfully completing the Mission Definition Review (MDR). MAGPIE is a European-led lunar rover mission funded by the European…
ispace and Bridgestone Sign Agreement to Develop Tires for Small-to-Medium-Sized Lunar Rovers
Tokyo–July 31, 2025–ispace, inc. (ispace) (TOKYO: 9348), a global lunar exploration company, announced that it has entered into an agreement with Bridgestone Corporation, which is researching development of tires for lunar rovers, to advance the practical application of the tires.…
Canada awards study contracts for lunar utility rover
TAMPA, Fla. — The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) awarded initial study contracts July 29 for a lunar utility rover as part of the country’s push to deepen its role in the U.S.-led Artemis program. Canadian space system specialists Canadensys Aerospace…
NASA Selects Firefly for New Artemis Science, Tech Delivery to Moon
NASA has awarded Firefly Aerospace of Cedar Park, Texas, $176.7 million to deliver two rovers and three scientific instruments to the lunar surface as part of the agency’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign to explore more…
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…