Astronomy contributor and lunar expert Robert Reeves looks back on a Texas-sized achievement in Moon exploration.
Firefly Aerospace on Monday announced the conclusion of its Blue Ghost lunar lander mission, declaring it the first “fully ...
Firefly originally intended to develop a spacecraft based on the design of Israel's Beresheet lander, which was the first ...
The second-ever commercial landing on the moon comes amid a flurry of lunar exploration activity that will see around a dozen missions this year alone ...
The lander's four shock-absorbing legs have some give ... One could argue lunar landing expertise atrophied in the United States. Countless design decisions go into developing and building ...
A lunar lander has completed its two-week mission and sent spectacular sunset images as a "final goodbye" back to Earth. The Blue Ghost Mission 1 lander was launched by Firefly Aerospace in mid ...
The Blue Ghost lunar lander, which has been on the moon since the spacecraft’s successful touchdown on March 2, captured images of the sun, Earth and moon lined up at around 4:30 a.m. ET ...
A parade of lunar landers - developed by ... Firefly promises to deliver an exciting show. The lander is equipped with key sensors packed inside four legs that protrude from its box-shaped body.
A robotic lunar lander built by Texas-based company Firefly ... did the logical thing and looked at all the missions before us, but our design was unique to Firefly,” Kim said.