A private lunar lander has captured and sent back breathtaking footage of the far side of the Moon, offering a rare glimpse of a region hidden from Earth’s view. The Blue Ghost spacecraft ...

The view was acquired on Sept. 14, 2017 at 19:59 UTC (spacecraft event time). The view was taken in visible light using the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle camera at a distance of 394,000 miles (634,000 ...

A Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost spacecraft has captured a stunning view of the far side of the moon, the side that faces away from Earth. The US aerospace company said the footage was taken on February ...

Blue Ghost launched atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Jan. 15 and entered lunar orbit on Feb. 13. The spacecraft — Firefly's first-ever lunar lander — will touch down on Sunday at 3:34 a.m. EST (0834 ...

“That IMU data is the piece of data that says we’re oriented somewhat on our side.” It wasn’t clear what caused the spacecraft to land on its side, but Altemus and Tim Crain, senior vice ...

A private US company says it has landed a spacecraft close to the Moon's South Pole but fears the machine is not upright. The Athena spacecraft is communicating with Earth, but is not in the ...

The spacecraft, which attempted a historic landing in rugged terrain near the south pole of the moon on Thursday (March 6), had toppled on its side inside a frigid crater. A photo taken by the ...

A dramatic photograph from Intuitive Machines' Athena moon lander shows it touched down Thursday in a crater near the lunar south pole and tipped over on its side. Given a low sun angle and the ...