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 was the second in a series the Space Force is running to test its ability to launch high-value satellites in ...

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.

It is also working with NASA's Deep Space Network and ground-based observatories to gather data on the lost satellite. The Lunar Trailblazer's mission is to spend six months floating to the moon ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...