A Private Space Mission Just Successfully Landed on the Moon for the First Time
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 has touched down successfully, and marks a key milestone in NASA’s quest to have private companies deliver shipments of equipment to the lunar surface.
Private lunar lander Blue Ghost falls silent on the moon after a 2-week mission
It's lights out for the first private lunar lander to pull off a fully successful moon mission. Firefly Aerospace's Blue ...
All Is Not Lost: A First Step for Networking the Moon, a Giant Leap for AI
The Intuitive Machines Athena lander mission to the moon has officially been declared "dead" after landing on its side in a ...
Athena moon mission comes to early end after lander tips over in off-target touchdown in a crater
Intuitive Machines says its Athena lunar lander was unable to recharge its batteries while resting on its side, bringing the ...
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Moon mission with Georgia Tech ties declared dead after lander misses mark
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private lunar lander is no longer working after landing sideways in a crater near the moon’s south pole and its mission is over, officials said Friday. The news ...
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US company Intuitive Machines says Moon mission over after landing sideways again
Of the four CLPS missions attempted so far, only one lander managed an upright touchdown, two landed sideways, and one failed to reach the Moon altogether.
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A new company just stamped its name on the moon
Moon landings were once exclusive to government agencies, but Firefly is now the second company to do it. The Blue Ghost mission ... and the world, as we pave the way for a lasting lunar presence ...
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Lunar Lander Captures First High-Definition Video of a Sunset on the Moon
Firefly Aerospace The Blue Ghost lander bid farewell to the Moon by gently going into that cold lunar night. Before ending its mission on ... by Blue Ghost’s different cameras, which were ...
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Nokia Put a 4G Cellular Network on the Moon but Couldn’t Make a Phone Call
The work was supposed to pave the way for NASA's Artemis III in 2027, the first crewed mission to the moon since 1972 ... In an interview at Mobile World Congress 2025, John Dow told WIRED ...
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American Spacecraft Touches Down on Moon, Sends Back Photos
It's yet another sign that the Moon's surface is back within reach over half a century after NASA's Apollo program launched its final mission ... Ghost carries ten different scientific instruments ...
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Draper Labs Sets Sights on a Far-Side Moon Landing Next Year
Campbell acknowledged that Jared Isaacman, the recently-nominated NASA administrator, has a “different ... and for the world at large.” Hattis said that missions to the moon are an essential ...
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Moon Lander’s Journey to Lunar Surface Ends With Uncertainty
It is unclear how that might impact the mission ... for other ways to get VIPER to the moon, while Astrobotic has secured a contract to deliver a different rover, a commercial design by Venturi ...