Firefly’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 set a new benchmark for commercial lunar exploration, lasting longer than any previous private ...

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 ...

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost commercial lander has gone dark on the moon as planned, but not before sending back ...

A robotic lander named Athena has made its final descent to the moon’s surface, marking the second lunar touchdown for a ... Shortly after landing, the team powered down systems that were ...

are being crushed by it after its second failed lunar landing. The Athena robotic lander touched down on the Moon’s surface yesterday, but in a replay of is lunar mission last year, it seems to ...

Intuitive Machines made dozens of repairs and upgrades following the company’s sideways touchdown by its first lander. It still managed to operate briefly, ending America’s moon-landing ...

It was the second moon landing this week by a Texas company under NASA’s commercial lunar delivery program. Sunday’s touchdown was a complete success. Intuitive Machines’ newest Athena ...

The Houston-based company is poised to land its Athena spacecraft on the moon at 12:30 p.m. ET. The landing site closer to the lunar south pole than any human or vehicle has traveled before.

a plateau near the lunar south pole — farther south than any robot has ventured. Nasa will livestream the landing an hour before touchdown as Athena, the 4.8-meter hexagonal lander —about the ...