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

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

Last year was not a good one for a lunar lander company based in Pittsburgh named Astrobotic. In January, the company's first spacecraft finally launched after years of delays, carrying dozens of ...

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. The Blue Ghost ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — NASA showcased the next lunar lander from Intuitive Machines on Friday afternoon, which is the same company to be the first commercial business to land on the moon.

The Blue Ghost lunar lander has captured its first images of the moon from the spacecraft’s orbit around Earth, the Texas-based company Firefly Aerospace announced this week. The two images ...

The Blue Ghost lunar lander has captured its first images of the moon from the spacecraft’s orbit around Earth, the Texas-based company Firefly Aerospace announced this week. The two images — which ...

Blue Ghost, the "little lander" from Firefly Aerospace that's headed to the moon, has captured the littlest lunar eclipse ever (as well as our hearts). Until that maneuver, however, Blue Ghost has ...

Astrolab’s FLEX Lunar Innovation Platform, or FLIP, rover will be the main payload on Astrobotic’s Griffin-1 lander, slated to land in the Nobile region near the south pole of the moon.