Firefly Aerospace’s successful moon lander has yielded a trove of data that scientists will pore over for years.
The spacecraft, about the size of a small car, conducted a series of experiments. It drilled three feet into the lunar soil, took X-ray images of the magnetic bubble that surrounds and protects Earth ...
Unlike Apollo—which used a single spacecraft comprising a mothership and lunar lander—Artemis III will see Orion dock with ...
Astronomy contributor and lunar expert Robert Reeves looks back on a Texas-sized achievement in Moon exploration.
In addition to photographing the eclipse itself, the event can also be seen in a reflection on Blue Ghost’s solar panel array ...
While Earthlings were watching the moon turn blood red during Friday morning’s lunar eclipse, a robotic lander on the moon ...
While Intuitive Machines' Athena lander quickly met its demise after awkwardly stumbling and ending up on its side, Firefly ...
Chris Stott, founder of St. Petersburg’s Lonestar Data Holdings, relayed the news to the rest of the team on video call. An ...
An artist’s conception shows the Blue Moon MK1 lander on the moon ... For years, Bezos has voiced a strong interest in lunar exploration. “It’s time to go back to the moon, but this ...
A private lunar lander is no longer working after landing sideways in a crater near the moon’s south pole and its mission is over, officials have confirmed. The news came after the botched ...