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Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander captured stunning views of the moon from about 62 miles (100 km) above the surface. The ...
The Earth eclipses the moon in this time-lapsed view from Firefly's Blue Ghost moon lander. Credit: Firefly Aerospace ...
When Frank Sinatra popularized “Fly Me to the Moon,” he was probably envisioning a trip up on NASA’s Apollo Lunar Module, ...
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A Japanese company had hoped that the second time would be the charm for putting a robotic lander on the moon. But it appears to have failed again.
After nearly six months in space, Ispace's Resilience lander will (hopefully) touch down on the lunar surface this week.
The failed lunar mission follows ispace’s first attempt in 2023, which also ended with a bang. That craft, the Hakuto-R lunar ...
Japan's ispace lunar lander Resilience crashed during descent, marking the company’s second failed moon mission in two years.
Investigations by the Japanese company ispace identified issues with speed and an altitude sensor that likely doomed the ...
A Japanese lunar lander called Resilience failed to softly touch down on the moon’s surface on June 5. The spacecraft’s status is currently unknown after Tokyo-based company ispace lost communication ...
The Resilience lander was carrying a tiny rover, a miniature Swedish cottage, and several science payloads when it crashed ...
TOKYO—Japan’s hopes of achieving its first soft landing on the Moon by a private company were dashed Friday when the mission ...