Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander fell silent over the weekend, wrapping up two weeks of science experiments for NASA.
Astronomy contributor and lunar expert Robert Reeves looks back on a Texas-sized achievement in Moon exploration.
"It has been an honor to enable science and technology experiments that support future missions to the moon, Mars and beyond.
Firefly Aerospace on Monday announced the conclusion of its Blue Ghost lunar lander mission, declaring it the first “fully ...
Its primary objective following the March 2 touchdown inside Mare Crisium crater was to deliver 10 NASA instruments designed ...
The Blue Ghost lunar lander, operated by Firefly Aerospace from Texas, was able capture the phenomenon between Thursday night and Friday morning while stationed on the moon's Earth-facing side.
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.
"The successful SCALPSS operation is a key step in gathering fundamental knowledge about landing and operating on the moon, ...
NASA says it has penciled in Blue Origin's Blue Moon cargo lander to deliver a scientific payload to the moon as early as this summer.
the lander wasted no time and kicked off its Subsurface Thermal Exploration with Rapidity (LISTER) experiment. The goal is to drill into the lunar surface within the Mare Crisium, a massive basin ...
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter captured this shot of Intuitive Machines' Athena lander on the moon on March 7, 2025. | Credit: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University We now have shots of 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 ...