MORE TX SPACE: Starship cleared to fly as soon as Monday even as explosion probe continues The lander’s payloads are expected to operate on the moon’s surface for one lunar day, about 14 ...

Firefly Aerospace’s successful moon lander has yielded a trove of data that scientists will pore over for years.

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 ...