Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has secured a €862 million (£721m) contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop the Argonaut Lunar Lander, ...

NASA partners with private companies to search for lunar water ice, a key factor for future human exploration of the moon ...

A spacecraft which is due to be built, tested and assembled in Belfast is destined for the Moon, thanks to a new contract signed by Thales Alenia Space.

The lander will fly to the Moon and land on its surface assuring the European autonomous access to the Moon Thales Alenia Space plays a pioneering role to enable the European autonomous access to the ...

Before Neil Armstrong took his "giant leap for mankind," NASA staged a series of missions that paved the way for his team's ...

The ESA is planning regular missions to the moon. The Argonaut landing vehicle is to take supplies and scientific equipment there.

While SpaceX is not the sole new launch company, it has set the pace for reducing the cost and increasing the reliability of ...

While SpaceX is not the sole new launch company, it has set the pace for reducing the cost and increasing the reliability of space launches.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blared toward space Wednesday carrying a pair of lunar landers on a journey to our closest celestial ...

Similar to Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic Technology, which developed the Peregrine lunar lander that met a fiery ... including a water electrolyzer and a module that will test algae-based food ...