Firefly Aerospace has partnered with Blue Origin's Honeybee Robotics to supply a rover for its third lunar mission in 2028 to study the Gruithuisen Domes, the Texas-based rocket maker said on Monday.
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 ...
Astronomy contributor and lunar expert Robert Reeves looks back on a Texas-sized achievement in Moon exploration.
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost commercial lander has gone dark on the moon as planned, but not before sending back ...
Firefly originally intended to develop a spacecraft based on the design of Israel's Beresheet lander, which was the first ...
NASA says it has penciled in Blue Origin's Blue Moon cargo lander to deliver a scientific payload to the moon as early as this summer.
Led by former NASA employees, it's second lunar lander, Athena ... called Neutron to carry heavier payloads to space. :: Blue Origin Jeff Bezos-owned Blue Origin has been selected by NASA to ...
Two moon landings in less than a week have once again turned the spotlight on space startups as NASA leans on private companies to send scientific payloads to the lunar surface at a lower cost before ...
Intuitive Machines last year put the U.S. back on the moon despite its lander tipping on its side. On Sunday, Firefly Aerospace became the first private entity to achieve complete success with its ...
Companies are landing on the moon—or trying to. These players all have exciting goals for innovation on the final frontier.
As it headed to the lunar surface ... among other cargo. The most intriguing lander is the one planned by Blue Origin, the rocket company started by Jeff Bezos. The lander, known as Blue Moon ...