Although no easy feat, Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander descended in a controlled fashion, and without mishap, to the ...

The Blue Ghost spacecraft, named for a species of firefly, took eclipse chasing to new heights. Not only did it see the Earth block the Sun from an unexplored location on the Moon, but the lander fell ...

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

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Landing a spacecraft on the moon has long been a series of hits and misses.

Commercial company Intuitive Machines has landed its second probe on the moon, but company officials say it isn't in the ...

The second-ever commercial landing on the moon comes amid a flurry of lunar exploration activity that will see around a dozen ...

Intuitive Machines' lunar lander has successfully touched down on the moon. NASA is still working to determine its position and location.

Initial data shows Blue Ghost touched down within its 100-meter landing target next to the Mons Latreille, a volcanic feature in the Mare Crisium, a large basin on the near-side of the moon. Firefly ...

Furthermore, there are no GPS systems on the moon to help guide a craft to its landing spot. A combination of gravity and inertia factors seemed to stymie Intuitive Machines' previous landing.

Athena is the second craft to land on the moon this week after Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost made touchdown on Sunday. "You all stuck the landing. We’re on the moon," Firefly’s Will Coogan ...

near the Moon’s south pole. But upon landing, the mission’s team had trouble determining the craft’s orientation and where it landed in the region. Intuitive Machines later located Athena ...