LISTER, mounted below Blue Ghost’s lower deck, measures the flow of heat from the moon's interior with a sophisticated pneumatic drill, developed by Texas Tech and Honeybee Robotics. The tool, ...

On March 3, 1969, Apollo 9 launched three astronauts on the first crewed test flight of NASA’s lunar module, which astronauts later used to land on the moon. Astronauts James McDivitt ...

The instrument enclosure of NASA's Near-Earth Object Surveyor was prepared for critical environmental tests inside the ...

This would be a major test of the Citi-Apollo partnership, announced last September, and its ability to win over a buyer with a supporting financing package. Spokespeople for Citigroup and Apollo ...

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 ...

It's lights out for the first private lunar lander to pull off a fully successful moon mission. Firefly Aerospace's Blue ...

Were astronauts to step foot on the moon as early as 2027 under NASA's Artemis campaign, they'd be the first Americans to do so in five decades since the space agency's Apollo era came to an end ...

Private lunar lander Blue Ghost after touching down on the moon with a special delivery for NASA Sunday, March 2, 2025. Moon’s surface and Earth are visible on the horizon, Blue Ghost’s solar panel, X ...

Blue Ghost, an unmanned spacecraft sent by the Texas-based Firefly Aerospace, has just landed on the moon. The lunar landing ...

This would be a major test of the Citi-Apollo partnership, announced last September, and its ability to win over a buyer with a supporting financing package. Spokespeople for Citigroup and Apollo ...

Also on board is a device for eliminating abrasive lunar dust — a scourge for NASA’s long-ago Apollo moonwalkers, who got it caked all over their spacesuits and equipment.On its way to the ...