Lunar Lander Blueprint

The Blue Ghost lander just witnessed a lunar eclipse

Private lunar lander Blue Ghost falls silent on the moon after a 2-week mission

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander fell silent over the weekend, wrapping up two weeks of science experiments for NASA. The end came as the sun set at the moon, no longer providing energy for the lander’s solar panels.

Science News · 3d

The Blue Ghost lander just witnessed a lunar eclipse — from the moon

The privately-owned lander turned its cameras toward Earth as our planet cast its shadow over the moon. It’s not the first spacecraft to do so.

Space.com on MSN · 3d

Watch moon dust fly as private Blue Ghost lunar lander touches down (video)

"The successful SCALPSS operation is a key step in gathering fundamental knowledge about landing and operating on the moon, and this technology is already providing data that could inform future missions.

USA Today10d

Athena spacecraft is 2nd lander to reach moon in a week, but location, condition unclear

For the second time in less than a week, an uncrewed American lunar lander has touched down on the surface of Earth's celestial neighbor as NASA races to get humans back to the moon in the years ...

Phys.org10d

Private lunar lander may have fallen over while touching down near the moon's south pole

A privately owned lunar lander touched down on the moon with a drill, drone and rovers for NASA and other customers Thursday, but quickly ran into trouble and may have fallen over. Intuitive ...

Chicago Tribune10d

Private lunar lander is declared dead after landing sideways in a crater near the moon’s south pole

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 ...

USA Today10d

Intuitive Machines' IM-2 lunar lander reached the moon, but its status is unclear

The lander, called Athena, is a Nova-C class lunar lander and carries a drill and mass spectrometer capable of boring into the moon's soil to search for highly valued water ice. Such ice holds ...

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