In February 2024, an American spacecraft landed on the moon for the first time in more than 50 years and ushered in a new era of lunar exploration defined by commercial enterprise. The landing captured the attention of the American people,

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is about to launch a number of missions, including a private lunar lander, a lunar satellite for NASA and a prospecting probe for an asteroid-mining company

SpaceX plans to launch Intuitive Machines Athena lunar lander, aiming for the Moons south pole. The lander carries a drill, a rover and a robotic hopper to search for water and test a Nokia-built 4G network.