Firefly Aerospace’s successful moon lander has yielded a trove of data that scientists will pore over for years.

The spacecraft, about the size of a small car, conducted a series of experiments. It drilled three feet into the lunar soil, took X-ray images of the magnetic bubble that surrounds and protects Earth ...

Firefly Aerospace, the Texas-based space startup behind Blue Ghost, released breathtaking images Tuesday of sundown on the Moon. The pictures, which depict the lunar landscape shi ...

Astronomy contributor and lunar expert Robert Reeves looks back on a Texas-sized achievement in Moon exploration.

Blue Ghost completed 14 days of surface operations, deploying its various payloads and transmitting more than 119 gigabytes ...

A private lunar lander is no longer working after landing sideways in a crater near the moon’s south pole and its mission is over, officials have confirmed. The news came after the botched ...

"Images downlinked from Athena on the lunar surface confirmed that Athena was on her side. After landing, mission controllers were able to accelerate several program and payload milestones, including ...

It's a haunting photo, but at least it has answers: For the second time in as many years, a private Intuitive Machines lunar lander has tipped over on the moon. After a day of uncertainty ...

Houston-based space company Intuitive Machines' Athena lunar lander isn't doing so hot ... it's officially game over. As the Associated Press reports, the company didn't waste any time, declaring ...

A Texas company's privately owned lunar lander was deemed non-functional after landing off-target sideways in a crater close to the Moon's south pole, the firm said on Friday. The mission to drop ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A private lunar lander is no longer working after landing sideways in a crater near the moon’s south pole and its mission is over, officials said Friday. The news came ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — (AP) — A private lunar lander is no longer working after landing sideways in a crater near the moon's south pole and its mission is over, officials said Friday.