Starship was meant to land astronauts on the moon. Now, NASA wants other options

NASA is looking for more ideas for Artemis III lunar landers amid concerns for the progress of SpaceX's Starship megarocket.

Not just Mars. Elon Musk's Starship was bound for the moon before NASA's new move

Starship, which has launched 11 times in South Texas, was NASA's vehicle of choice to land astronauts on the moon. Now the ...
El Paso Times

Blue Origin to send 6 people (including 1 mystery passenger) on next spaceflight

The company, founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, announced the crew for its next New Shepard rocket launch from its facility in West Texas. Each spaceflight on a New Shepard vehicle lasts about 11 ...

NASA’s Artemis reboot aborts SpaceX and boosts China’s lunar ambitions

SpaceX’s delays forced NASA to reopen its moon lander contract. Rivals are circling, Artemis is wobbling, and China’s steady ...
Columbus Dispatch

What time is the next Blue Origin launch from Texas? Bezos’ company announces date

Blue Origin will attempt to launch the NS-36 mission on the morning of Wednesday, Oct 8. When the New Shepard gets off the ground again, the six people selected to board it will join 75 others who ...

NASA opens SpaceX's moon lander contract to rivals over Starship delays

NASA said on Monday it was opening the marquee U.S. moon landing contract to other bidders because Elon Musk's SpaceX has ...
Tennessean

Is there a Blue Origin launch? Bezos' rocket company reschedules science mission in Texas

Liftoff is targeted for Thursday, Sept. 18 from the company's Launch Site One in rural West Texas. Blue Origin will provide a webcast of the launch beginning about 15 minutes ahead of the scheduled ...

NASA acting administrator says SpaceX is 'behind schedule' on moon-landing contract, so he's reopening it

Acting NASA administrator Sean Duffy said opening up the contract to other companies will help America beat China in the race ...