The Blue Ghost spacecraft, named for a species of firefly, took eclipse chasing to new heights. Not only did it see the Earth ...

In January 2024, American company Astrobotic also launched a lander, which suffered a fuel leak and did not reach the moon.

The feat marks the first “fully successful” commercial operation on the moon, the company said Monday. Blue Ghost, a four-legged robotic lander roughly the size of a small car, spent two weeks ...

Future Moon missions, including human expeditions ... By going with a stockier lander design, Firefly needed to install four tanks because the spacecraft's fuel and oxidizer have different ...

Space is hard. Hopefully not so hard the three rovers on this spaceship are lost For the second time this week, a privately operated spacecraft has touched down on the Moon – but this one landed badly ...

The Blue Ghost lunar lander has captured a striking up-close view of Earth's cosmic neighbor as it prepares in the days ahead to land on the moon. Firefly Aerospace, the Texas-based company ...

With two commercial moon landers already on their way, Houston-based Intuitive Machines launched its second robotic lander atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Wednesday, the centerpiece of a multi ...

Intuitive Machines' second Nova-C lunar lander, "Athena," is seen being encapsulated ... those footers — which each have a different design on their base — will be hidden when Athena lands ...

He said they are confident in their design and engineering of the Odysseus and Athena landers. Editing spaceflight news. “Any time humanity puts a lander on the moon, it’s a good day,” said ...

the Lanyue lunar lander, the Wangyu lunar suit and the Tansuo crew rover, are currently in the preliminary prototype development phase, and the design work is proceeding on schedule. Meanwhile ...

The Athena lunar lander reached the moon on Thursday. At 17:32 CET, the transportation device from Intuitive Machines touched down on the surface. Mons Mouton is the southernmost lunar location ...