The close encounter was "a historic first of its type for a Japanese private, commercial lunar lander," according to ispace.

There's a lot less sky and a lot more moon in view for Firefly Aerospace's "Ghost Riders in the Sky" mission.

The lander, Blue Ghost, fired its engines for four minutes Thursday to propel the spacecraft into lunar orbit ahead of a ...

In close partnership with NASA and space exploration company Intuitive Machines, Columbia has developed two textiles that can withstand extreme conditions.

Preparations for the uncrewed lunar lander built and operated by Texas-based Firefly Aerospace to enter the moon's orbit ramped up Feb. 8 with a propulsive maneuver known as a "trans lunar injection." ...

Credit: Firefly Aerospace A commercial lunar lander carrying science experiments for NASA will attempt to touch down on the Moon’s surface on March 2, the third in a series of missions under the ...

What's the mission? The CLPS mission will take the Blue Ghost lander, which resembles a smaller version of the Apollo lunar descent module, to the lunar surface. Type of craft: Lander.

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