Firefly’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 set a new benchmark for commercial lunar exploration, lasting longer than any previous private mission and delivering 10 NASA instruments to the Moon. The mission ...

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 ...

This week, people across the U.S. and parts of Europe and Africa will be treated to the relatively rare spectacle of a "blood moon." The upcoming total lunar eclipse occurs March 13-14 and the ...

This week, people across the U.S. and parts of Europe and Africa will be treated to the relatively rare spectacle of a "blood moon." Check out these photos from blood moons past as a preview of ...

has stopped functioning after a challenging landing on the Moon. The lander, designed by Intuitive Machines, touched down approximately 250 meters from its intended target in the Mons Mouton region ...

Photos showcasing the spacecraft’s dramatic shadow on the lunar surface and its feet within moon dust confirmed the mission’s success. The Cedar Park, Texas-based company has since shared a ...

We're collecting photos now and downlinking those ... over billions of years by comet impacts and interactions between moon dust and the electrically charged solar wind. The innovative "Grace ...

It carried a vacuum to suck up moon dirt for analysis and a drill to measure temperature as deep as 10 feet below the surface. Also on board: a device for eliminating abrasive lunar dust - a ...

Also on board: a device for eliminating abrasive lunar dust a scourge for NASA's long-ago Apollo moonwalkers, who got it caked all over their spacesuits and equipment. On its way to the moon, Blue ...

As well as hoovering up and storing samples of Moon dust with the the Lunar PlanetVac, the Blue Ghost lander will also test out GPS service on the moon, using ultra-weak signal tracking receivers ...

The lunar lander carried a drill, vacuum and other experiments for NASA, as well as NGC’s software and a Canadian-made moon dust repellent developed by Integrity Testing Laboratory Inc., a 13-person ...