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.

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." ...

Firefly's lunar lander, named Blue Ghost, entered orbit around the moon last week, ending a four-day transit from Earth and starting to gear up for a lunar touchdown. In the lead-up to that ...

The private Resilience lunar lander just got its first up-close look at the moon. Resilience, which was built by Japanese company ispace, aced a flyby of the moon on Friday evening (Feb. 14 ...

Intuitive Machines, the company that pulled off the first-ever commercial moon landing this time last year with its Odysseus spacecraft, is gearing up for another shot at touching the lunar surface.

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

The Moon just got a new visitor. Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander has successfully entered lunar orbit and captured breathtaking images of the Moon. The spacecraft is now preparing for its ...

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." ...

Firefly Aerospace A new lander is on its way to the Moon, and it's managed to catch some breathtaking views during its journey. As it made its way toward lunar orbit last week, Firefly Aerospace's ...

Intuitive Machines (LUNR) announced its IM-2 mission Nova-C class lunar lander, Athena, completed all integration milestones and is safely encapsulated within SpaceX’s payload fairing in ...

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 ...