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Commercial Peregrine mission aims to deliver Nasa scientific equipment to moon along with mementos and ashes of Star Trek creator

Two private companies are aiming to get the U.S. back in the moon-landing business, more than five decades after the Apollo program ended

Pittsburgh-based company Astrobotic is gearing up for the Jan. 8 launch of its Peregrine lander, which will try to become the first private spacecraft to land on the moon.

Ambitious new missions to the moon, Venus, Jupiter and more are planned for 2024. Here is a preview of the exciting year in space ahead.

The private Peregrine moon lander is scheduled to launch Jan. 8 on the debut flight of ULA's Vulcan Centaur rocket, and you can follow along with the mission during a variety of prelaunch events.

Two commercial spacecraft are scheduled to launch to the Moon early in 2024 under a Nasa initiative called the Commercial Lunar Payload Service CLPS. This programme is intended to kickstart a commercial transportation service that can deliver Nasa experiments and other payloads to the lunar surface.

Tribe accuses space agency of breaking past commitments to consult over lunar missions

Astrobotic's Peregrine lunar lander was stacked on the rocket that will launch it to space, with final checks and fueling now completed.

Peregrine first in series involving private spacecraft as conflict between scientific and commercial lunar interests looms

More than 50 years after the last Apollo mission, the United States will try once again to land a craft on the Moon on January 25, said the head of what could be the first private company to successfully touch down on the lunar surface.

United Launch Alliance (ULA) has its sights set on a festive first launch of its brand new rocket that will send the robotic Peregrine lander built by Astrobiotic to the moon.