The achievement makes Firefly only the second commercial company to successfully land a spacecraft on the moon — and the ...

"Rise and shine! Firefly's Blue Ghost lander captured its first sunrise on the Moon, marking the beginning of the lunar day ...

Two advanced US spacecraft take off from Florida, heading for the Moon's south pole to detect water and enhance important ...

SpaceX Falcon 9 launched Athena and Lunar Trailblazer to advance lunar water ice exploration and future missions.

Japanese startup ispace on Tuesday set a June 6 target touchdown date for its Moon lander, following the success of its ...

March 4 (UPI) -- Japanese lunar exploration company ispace announced Tuesday it will aim to place a lander on the moon on ...

Blue Ghost is now sitting on Mare Crisium, a plain made from an ancient hardened lava flow. It's next to a volcanic feature, ...

Firefly’s lunar landing is NASA’s second CLPS mission. The first took place last year, when Intuitive Machines—another Texas-based private space company—sent its lander to the Moon in February 2024.

Over the weekend, a Texas aerospace company made the first fully successful landing on the moon by a private firm. Mark ...

The successful landing of a Cedar Park lunar lander is putting the pressure on efforts to build a workforce capable of reaching for the stars.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A private lunar lander carrying a drill, vacuum and other experiments for NASA touched down on the ...

Japanese moon exploration company ispace said its Resilience lander will attempt a lunar touchdown at 4:24 a.m. on June 6 local time (1924 GMT on June 5) at the earliest, in its second attempt after ...