New findings from China's Chang'e 6 lunar farside samples offer insights into the moon's volcanic past and mantle evolution.

The Blue Ghost spacecraft, named for a species of firefly, took eclipse chasing to new heights. Not only did it see the Earth ...

As Firefly Aerospace prepared to close out a two-week mission on the moon, its lander had one final gift to beam home: the first high-definition images of a lunar sunset.

A team of geologists at the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, the Institute of Space Sciences and the Shandong ...

New research from scientists with the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences and published in the journal Science found that sample analysis backs up an established model of the moon as a global ...

Firefly Aerospace and Intuitive Machines belong to a group of more than a dozen private companies vying to land lucrative ...

Heliospace sensors and booms deploy aboard the Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost Mission 1 lander BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA / ACCESS ...

Unlike Apollo—which used a single spacecraft comprising a mothership and lunar lander—Artemis III will see Orion dock with ...

It operated on the Moon for 14 days and completed 100% of its mission objectives. However, Firefly landed in a less treacherous region of the Moon, making its attempt easier than Athena's. Still, many ...