SpaceX's lunar lander, the Starship Human Landing System, could be delayed for years. This puts a manned lunar mission planned for 2027 in doubt.

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost mission successfully makes a Moon landing, marking a milestone for NASA and its commercial partners.

The upgraded Artemis II rocket ensures a smoother, safer ride for the astronauts on their highly anticipated lunar voyage.

The company’s Starship rocket, which has suffered a series of recent test explosions, is still years away from being ready for the mission, former NASA executives say.

SpaceX is moving forward with plans for another Starship launch on the heels of the last test Aug. 26 from its Starbase headquarters in Texas.

NASA has selected Blue Origin to help get VIPER, the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, to the moon by awarding Jeff Bezos' company a task order under its Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.

Canada's first lunar rover will search for water at the Moon's south pole as part of an international effort to establish a sustainable human presence there.

On Sept. 20, 1970, the Soviet Union's Luna 16 moon probe landed on the moon to retrieve a soil sample. Four days later, it became the first robotic spacecraft to return a sample of lunar soil to Earth.

This article has been updated to reflect a change in the launch day/time. A suite of three missions which will study the Sun’s influence on our Earth and solar system are set to launch next week.