The Blue Ghost spacecraft, named for a species of firefly, took eclipse chasing to new heights. Not only did it see the Earth block the Sun from an unexplored location on the Moon, but the lander fell ...

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Blue Ghost conducted the DOI on the far side of the Moon, which caused a communications blackout with Earth. The spacecraft ...

The Houston-based company that was set to deliver a historic water-hunting mission to the lunar south pole says its Athena ...

Nearly two months after the last Starship spacecraft exploded, SpaceX lost contact with the Starship spacecraft that launched Thursday evening.

The Athena lander, built by Texas-based company Intuitive Machines, could be the second commercial spacecraft to land on the moon this week.

Colorado-based company Lunar Outpost's MAPP rover is poised to land today (March 6) near the lunar south pole aboard the ...

Jorge Garay A Jumping Lunar Robot Is About to Explore a Pitch-Black Moon Crater for the First Time Packed with instruments and rovers, the soon-to-launch IM-2 mission will explore the lunar south ...

On Jan. 15, a commercial lunar lander launched from Earth carrying the United States' first robotic rover designed to explore ...

The Blue Ghost lander touched down on the moon on Sunday. A smooth, upright landing makes Firefly the first private outfit to put a spacecraft on the moon without crashing or falling over Two ...

See the highlights of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) mission to land Firefly's Blue Ghost Mission 1 Lunar Lander on the moon.