Still circling Earth, Firefly Aerospace’s lunar lander fired its thrusters Thursday to put it on a path to reach the moon in ...

Handout/ ispace, inc./AFP On the Japanese side, Tokyo-based ispace's first attempt to land on the Moon ended in an unsalvageable "hard landing" in April 2023. "It's important to challenge ...

similar to the Japanese space agency's SLIM which succeeded in the country's first lunar landing last year. Firefly's Blue Ghost aims to reach the moon 45 days after launch, around March 2.

Space exploration in 2025 will see remarkable missions from global agencies like NASA, ESA, China, and Japan. Key initiatives include lunar landings ... on Jupiter's moon Europa, promising new ...

Japan’s attempts to become ... These other two are still en route to the Moon. Sadly, the OMOTENASHI lander was the only one planned for a controlled landing. A shot of the lunar surface.

NASA partners with private companies to search for lunar water ice, a key factor for future human exploration of the moon ...

Japan's Moon lander has produced another surprise by waking up after the two-week lunar night. According to Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, the unmanned Smart Lander for Investigating Moon touched ...