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.

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." ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander continues to send back breathtaking images from the Moon ahead of the anticipated landing there in March.

But it's nothing like what hundreds of millions of Americans will have the chance to see next month during the first total lunar eclipse in nearly three years. On that night, the moon will appear ...