The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded Airbus the contract to design and construct the landing platform for the ExoMars ...

Firefly originally intended to develop a spacecraft based on the design of Israel's Beresheet lander, which was the first ...

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost commercial lander has gone dark on the moon as planned, but not before sending back ...

As it headed to the lunar surface ... like the design of the Intuitive Machines’ lunar landers. The company’s first lander, Odysseus, tipped over when it landed while moving too fast ...

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander captured high-definition images of the lunar sunset March 16, as lunar night would ...

The lunar lander, called Blue Ghost, settled onto the Moon's surface at 2:34 am CST (3:34 am EST; 08:34 UTC). A few dozen ...

Astronomy contributor and lunar expert Robert Reeves looks back on a Texas-sized achievement in Moon exploration.

A privately owned lunar ... surface.” Hours after the landing, Intuitive Machines CEO Steve Altemus there was conflicting data about how Athena landed and whether it was on its side. The lander ...

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost moon lander just beamed home up-close video of its epic March 2 touchdown, showing how its thrusters kicked up plumes of lunar dust.

Heliospace sensors and booms deploy aboard the Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost Mission 1 lander BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA / ACCESS Newswire / March 17, ...

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 has touched down successfully, and marks a key milestone in NASA’s quest to have private companies deliver shipments of equipment to the lunar surface.

A parade of lunar landers - developed ... treacherously crater-riddled lunar surface. If successful, Firefly promises to deliver an exciting show. The lander is equipped with key sensors packed ...