However, in lieu of a mass simulator, Astrobotic wanted to see if it could find a more useful payload. So as the company's ...

The Blue Ghost lunar lander has captured its first images of the moon from Earth’s orbit as well as a video of Earth eclipsing the sun. See the dazzling views here.

NASA's Blue Ghost lunar lander is on its way to the moon, soaring through space with a tiny lunar rover called Tenacious. "After all the testing conducted and mission simulations completed ...

The lander — Firefly's first-ever mooncraft — will then conduct an engine burn to head toward the moon. Blue Ghost will reach lunar orbit four days later and spend 16 days there before ...

For the third time in a year, a commercial lunar lander backed by NASA is on its way to the moon's surface. The spacecraft built and operated by Texas-based Firefly Aerospace launched in the early ...

The lander will operate for about 14 days — the length of a lunar day — until darkness descends at the landing site. This is Ispace’s second attempt to place a commercial lander on the ...

Firefly is making its first attempt to put a vehicle on the moon, but this mission marks a second try for Ispace, after its first lander crashed and blasted a divot in the lunar surface in 2023.

"The mission is now in the hands of the unstoppable Firefly team." This is the first lunar lander built by Firefly, which got its start in the rocket business. Firefly launches its own small-class ...

It’s take 2 for the Tokyo-based ispace, whose first lander crashed into the moon two years ago. This time, it has a rover on board with a scoop to gather up lunar dirt for study and plans to ...