Now, after multiple thruster firings to reach the planned descent orbit, the 6.6-foot ... The solar-powered lander is expected to operate for a full lunar "day," or 14 Earth days.

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost probe is expected to land no earlier than Sunday, March 2, 2025 in the wee hours before dawn.

Intuitive Machines' Athena moon lander is "alive," but it's not yet known what mission objectives can still be met.

NASA's Artemis campaign is rapidly advancing the development of Gateway, a space station that will orbit the Moon and serve ...

Athena will land in the moon's Mons Mouton region at 12:32 p.m. EST.

Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar spacecraft landed upright on the Moon–a first for a private company–and released amazing HD video ...

Blue Ghost conducted the DOI on the far side of the Moon, which caused a communications blackout with Earth. The spacecraft ...

Controllers rushed to turn off some of the lander’s equipment to conserve power while trying to determine ... The company’s ...

We can now relive Blue Ghost's historic descent ... on the lunar surface in coming years. If all goes according to plan, Blue Ghost and its payloads will operate on the lunar surface for one lunar day ...

Credit: Firefly Aerospace There's a lot less sky and a lot more moon in view for Firefly Aerospace's "Ghost Riders in the Sky" mission. Firefly's lunar lander, named Blue Ghost, entered orbit ...

A second commercially-built moon lander ... that we had asked for in terms of power generation, communications, et cetera." The lander braked into orbit Monday, five days after launch from ...