Two Teams Say They’ve Found The Luna 9 Moon Lander, In Different Places

Only one of these patches of lunar plain can be Luna 9’s actual landing site – and there’s no guarantee that either of them is. But the search is oddly compelling.
CNN

Inside NASA’s scramble to find a backup moon plan — and the wild ideas companies are pitching

A suggestion made last week by acting NASA administrator Sean Duffy that SpaceX could be booted from the agency’s upcoming moon-landing plans has rocked the space industry. Now, behind the scenes, ...
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NASA chief: SpaceX vs Blue Origin moon lander race is on

The new head of the US space agency has turned a long‑running procurement saga into a straight contest between two of the world’s richest men, declaring that the race is now on to see which company ...
The New York Times

With SpaceX Behind Schedule, NASA Will Seek More Moon Lander Ideas

Blue Origin, owned by Jeff Bezos, and Lockheed Martin are among the contractors that may compete with Elon Musk’s company in the race back to the lunar surface. By Kenneth Chang The acting ...
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Europe selects companies to help build the Argonaut moon lander

Europe has quietly taken a decisive step toward a sustained presence on the Moon by locking in the industrial teams that will build its Argonaut cargo lander. Instead of a single flagship contractor, ...