More than fifty years passed between the last Apollo mission and the United States' return to the lunar surface, when the first-ever private lander touched down last February.

A four-legged robot from Texas landed squarely on the Moon on 2 March, becoming the first commercial spacecraft to execute a lunar landing without falling over or crashing. The lander, known as Blue Ghost and built by Firefly Aerospace, based in Cedar Park, Texas, aims to spend two weeks conducting science experiments provided by NASA.

Intuitive Machines, the Texas company that returned America to the Moon last year, aims to make a repeat appearance, this time delivering the first cell service to the lunar surface in addition to

A private lander that was sent to the Moon has failed its mission, officials have said. It marks the second failed attempt by its creators, Intuitive Machines. Like the first, it landed sideways and was unable to complete its machine,

A private US company says it has landed a spacecraft close to the Moon's South Pole but fears the machine is not upright. The Athena spacecraft is communicating with Earth, but is not in the "correct attitude",