The lunar lander, called Blue Ghost, settled onto the Moon's surface at 2:34 am CST (3:34 am EST; 08:34 UTC). A few dozen ...

Initial data shows Blue Ghost touched down within its 100-meter landing target next to the Mons Latreille, a volcanic feature ...

Firefly Aerospace’s robotic vehicle became the second privately built spacecraft to make a soft landing on the moon. It could soon be joined by two more private lunar landers.

“Firefly is literally and figuratively over the Moon,” said Jason Kim ... of cheers in the company’s mission control room. The landing caps a 45-day journey for Blue Ghost, which was ...

We’re on the moon,” came the callout from ... fired up right now in the mission control room,” said Firefly CEO Jason Kim minutes after landing. “They were just pent up, holding it all ...

The Houston-based company put its Athena spacecraft on the moon just after 12:30 p.m. ET. The landing site is closer to the lunar south pole than any human or vehicle has traveled before.

“They’re just fired up right now in the mission control room,” Firefly Aerospace ... System signals in the moon's orbit for the first time. Sunday's landing went according to plan, and ...

“Y’all stuck the landing. We’re on the moon,” Will Coogan, the lander’s chief engineer, told the control room in suburban Austin after confirming the 330-pound craft was safely on the ...

Suspense and silence fell over a mission control room full of company staff inside ... Firefly becomes the second private firm to score a moon landing, though it declared itself the first company ...