Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander successfully made a soft touchdown near an ancient volcanic feature on the moon’s ...

Firefly Aerospace’s successful touchdown marks a new era of frequent commercial trips to the Moon, paving the way for a ...

The Blue Ghost touchdown kicks off two weeks of around-the-clock research by NASA science and technology payloads.

A major highlight of the mission will take place on March 14, when Blue Ghost captures high-definition images of a total ...

The Blue Ghost lunar lander, managed by Texas company Firefly Aerospace, touched down Sunday morning on the moon's near side.

Now, Firefly is about to find out if its lunar program is a technical success. Landing on the Moon is risky. In the last decade, the success rate for lunar landing attempts is a little above 50 ...

A day on the moon lasts around fourteen Earth days ... continue operations over the next two weeks and into the lunar night. Firefly Aerospace “Up next, Blue Ghost will continue NASA payload ...

“Blue Ghost just entered a planned comms blackout on the far side of the moon, where we have limited access to around stations on Earth,” Firefly’s Brigette Oaks said. Next up is a crucial ...

The original assumption was that commercial lunar landings would be, to use a basketball term, “shots on goal” with some of them failing.

Like throwing a dart and hitting the bullseye on a moving target in the next city over: that’s what it’s like trying to land a spacecraft on the moon.

The technology will next be put to use for a complete lunar day, equivalent to about 14 Earth days. The instruments Blue Ghost carries, many of which were tested in transit to the moon ...