Athena will land in the moon's Mons Mouton region at 12:32 p.m. EST.

After its successful lunar touchdown, Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost mission could soon be joined on the moon by two more ...

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost probe is expected to land no earlier than Sunday, March 2, 2025 in the wee hours before dawn. Update for 4:30 am ET: Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander ...

A lunar probe funded by NASA and operated by the American space exploration company Intuitive Machines was scheduled to land on the Moon on March 6, 2025, after orbiting the Moon. However ...

That means the probe must fire rocket engines in a precise sequence to steer its way past rocks, craters and other obstacles, in order to find a perfect landing site. Adding to the difficulty is ...

Blue Ghost runs on solar power, the reason it will only operate for two weeks. Shortly after the sun sets at its location, the temperature will drop rapidly (the moon is essentially airless), ...

With the planned mission including landing on the Venusian surface ... Venera 3’s probe crash-landed on the surface of Venus, just four minutes earlier than planned. It wasn’t in a position ...