A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off shortly after ... see in other parts of the moon," Lunar Trailblazer Principal Investigator Bethany Ehlmann told Space.com before liftoff.

Trailblazer appears to be spinning and out of contact with engineers back on Earth. In an update published on Tuesday evening, the space agency acknowledged that a mission operations team at the ...

Early this new year, a rocket is scheduled to lift off from Florida ... mission is spent here on Earth. PALCA: As space missions go, Lunar Trailblazer is a bargain. Its budget is in the tens ...

The launch lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force ... For Rapid Response Trailblazer, Space Force acquirers at Space Systems Command worked closely with operators at Space Operations Command ...

A mockup of NASA's Lunar Trailblazer, with the Moon in background. Illustration: Lockheed Martin Space NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer is officially in Florida and integrated with a SpaceX Falcon 9 ...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral carrying NASA's Lunar Trailblazer orbiter built by Lockheed Martin's space division. The satellite was a ...

The Lunar Trailblazer may be smaller than you'd expect, but that's part of the point. Poyser said the shorter timeline and smaller budget could be a step towards more frequent space research.

Lunar Trailblazer is part of a growing list of probes and landers heading toward the moon to search for water ice. LITTLETON, Colorado — A university-led lunar orbiter designed to pinpoint the ...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off shortly ... and NASA's ride-along Lunar Trailblazer orbiter aloft against a darkening sky here at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC). Athena — which was ...