Longest commercial Moon mission using Firefly’s composites-intensive Blue Ghost lander completes more than 346 hours of ...

Just hours after touching down on the surface of the moon on March 2nd aboard Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost 1 lander, the Southwest Research Institute-led Lunar Magnetotelluric Sounder (LMS ...

the moon appears red or orange because any sunlight that's not blocked by our planet is filtered through a thick slice of Earth’s atmosphere on its way to the lunar surface," NASA says.

Success of Blue Ghost marks breakthrough in lunar exploration, a pivotal time for NASA This still image taken from a February 24, 2025 video released by Firefly Aerospace shows Firefly's Blue ...

This casts a shadow of earth across the lunar surface, turning the moon blood red for just over one hour. The catch with this is eclipse is that it will be happening overnight into the early ...

Even better, the lunar lander, dubbed Blue Ghost, didn't tip over as it came down, a fate that befell two other spacecraft that made it to the Moon's surface without crashing last year.

It successfully touched down on the lunar surface on Sunday, and sent back imagery showing its surroundings, the Mare Crisium, a massive basin on the Moon's near side. "With the hardest part ...

Before powering down, Athena briefly operated and transmitted data, making it the “southernmost lunar landing and surface operations ever achieved,” according to the company. Engineered by ...

Though the Earth blocks any direct sunlight from reaching the moon during a total solar eclipse, the sun still casts the Earth's shadow on the lunar surface. Because the sunlight is blocked ...

Photos showcasing the spacecraft’s dramatic shadow on the lunar surface and its feet within moon dust confirmed the mission’s success. The Cedar Park, Texas-based company has since shared a ...

This celestial event happens when the Earth is positioned directly between the sun and a full moon, casting a shadow on the lunar surface. The eclipse will be visible to the naked eye, but binoculars ...