Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander is now headed for the moon after firing its engines to send it out of Earth orbit ...
Firefly's "Blue Moon" and ispace's "Resilience" are the latest in an ongoing push to gain private-sector experience exploring the moon.
Type of craft: Orbiter. Launch: Early 2025. Launch vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Orbit ... landing on the moon since Apollo 17 landed in ...
For the past week, an uncrewed lunar lander has been journeying through outer space on a 60-day mission to the moon on behalf of NASA.
Whether President Donald Trump still supports returning astronauts to the lunar surface remains to be seen, but one thing is for certain — the moon no longer has a place in his White House.
The $93.3 million mission comes as NASA plans to send humans back to the moon within this decade for the first time since the space agency's Apollo program came to an end more than 50 years ago.
The lunar sample, which was brought back to Earth by the last Apollo astronauts to walk on the moon in 1972, was intended as a symbol of the ongoing research being conducted by NASA as it prepares for ...
One week ago, a private lunar lander left the ground on a nearly 7-week journey to reach the surface of the moon. The launch ... Firefly shares photos of lunar craft in orbit It wasn't long ...