Firefly Aerospace may be developing rockets of its own, but it's also simultaneously building Blue Ghost, its first lunar lander. Blue Ghost will hop a ride with a rocket from a different launch ...

Japanese space company ispace has invested over $40 million in its new U.S. subsidiary to date, as it looks to take advantage of growing investment from NASA and the Pentagon in technologies for the ...

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost moon lander has given us an amazing, up-close view of its epic lunar touchdown. Blue Ghost landed softly on the moon on March 2, becoming just the second private ...

The Blue Ghost lunar lander finished surface operations on March 16, 2025, wrapping up a smashing success of a mission. Designed, built, and flown by Firefly Aerospace, based near Austin, Texas, Blue ...

While Intuitive Machines’ Athena lander quickly met its demise after awkwardly stumbling and ending up on its side, Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost spacecraft, which touched down just a few days ...

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Astrobotic Technology just unveiled the flight model of its robotic Peregrine lunar lander, which is slated to launch to the moon late this year. Peregrine is designed to deliver payloads to the ...

The APEX 1.0 lander from ispace U.S. Credit: ispace U.S. WASHINGTON — Japanese lunar lander developer has raised $53.5 million in a stock sale to help fund development of upcoming missions. The ...

Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander is scheduled to launch Jan. 8 on the first Vulcan Cenatur. Credit: ULA WASHINGTON — As NASA prepares for the first launch of a commercial lunar lander carrying ...