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After Elon Tantrum, SpaceX Now Prepping ‘Simplified’ Starship-Based Lunar Lander  PCMag Inside NASA’s scramble to find a backup moon plan — and the wild ideas companies are pitching  CNN SpaceX defends Starship lunar lander as it works on ‘simplified’ approach  SpaceNews NASA Gets Moon Lander Plan B’s From SpaceX and Blue Origin  The New York Times SpaceX makes case for why it will land …

NASA Gets Moon Lander Plan B’s From SpaceX and Blue Origin  The New York Times Former NASA administrators call for changes in Artemis lunar lander architecture  SpaceNews SpaceX makes case for why it will land American astronauts on the Moon  ABC News SpaceX and Blue Origin both submitted plans to get astronauts back to the moon faster, NASA says  CNBC SpaceX looking into ‘simplified’ …

With SpaceX’s lunar lander for NASA’s Artemis 3 mission facing significant delays, the agency is looking to competitors who could provide a lander sooner. Blue Origin is a leading contender, but can Jeff Bezos’s company really beat Elon Musk back to the Moon? Recent developments suggest it could. Jacqueline Cortese, Blue Origin’s Senior Director of Civil Space, represented the company …

Former NASA Administrators urge space agency to rethink plans for Artemis Moon lander  Spaceflight Now Source link

SpaceX’s next mission to the moon, and the next launch of its triple-booster Falcon Heavy rocket, has slipped to no earlier than July 2026. Astrobotic’s Griffin-1 lunar lander, carrying NASA and commercial payloads that include rovers from Astrobotic and Astrolab, will wait just a little longer before its planned excursion to the moon. The mission had previously targeted a launch …

WASHINGTON — Astrobotic Technology says it now plans to launch its large lunar lander carrying a commercial rover no earlier than mid-2026. The company said in an Oct. 24 statement that its Griffin-1 lander is scheduled to launch no earlier than July 2026. The mission will carry the FLEX Lunar Innovation Platform, or FLIP, rover from Venturi Astrolab, along with …

In multiple television appearances this week, Transportation Secretary and acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy confirmed that he would be re-opening the contract to build a crewed Moon lander for the Artemis missions. That’s a blow for SpaceX, which secured the contract back in 2021 to use its still-in-development Starship for the job. The trouble …

Lunar Lander Wanted! Apply Within – Artemis III Contract Opening Up? – YouTube Watch On On Episode 183 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by Mike Wall to discuss NASA’s pursuit to beat the Chinese to a human landing on the moon. Lander, lander, who’s got the lander? Last week, acting NASA Administrator Sean …

NASA Reopens Lunar Lander Contract, and Elon Musk Is Big Mad  PCMag ‘We’re not going to wait for one company’: NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission  CNN Musk criticizes Duffy amid NASA leadership debate  SpaceNews ‘Why are you gay?’: Elon Musk’s homophobic slur escalates feud with Trump cabinet member  The Independent Transportation Secretary Duffy says Musk’s SpaceX is behind on …

Duffy says NASA will open Artemis 3 lander contract to competition  SpaceNews ‘We’re not going to wait for one company’: NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission  CNN With SpaceX Behind Schedule, NASA Will Seek More Moon Lander Ideas  The New York Times Transportation Secretary Duffy says Musk’s SpaceX is behind on moon trip and he will reopen contracts  CNBC Why …