Two space missions reached their conclusion: one with a splashdown, the other with a quiet lunar death. And thrilling new ...

The spacecraft, about the size of a small car, conducted a series of experiments. It drilled three feet into the lunar soil, took X-ray images of the magnetic bubble that surrounds and protects Earth ...

Firefly Aerospace’s successful moon lander has yielded a trove of data that scientists will pore over for years.

About five years ago, the Trump-appointed administrator of NASA, Jim Bridenstine, revealed the name of the program that would return humans to the Moon. It was to be Artemis, from a Greek goddess who ...

Firefly Aerospace, a Texas-based private company, successfully landed Blue Ghost in the Mare Crisium region of the Moon on ...

Astronomy contributor and lunar expert Robert Reeves looks back on a Texas-sized achievement in Moon exploration.

Blue Ghost Spacecraft Switches to 'Monument Mode' After Successfully Completing Its First Moon Mission Humanity has diligently taken several steps forward in its quest for lunar settlement. Initially, ...

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost commercial lander has gone dark on the moon as planned, but not before sending back ...

While making the deliveries, the Blue Ghost lander experienced one lunar day. During the course of that day, it captured ...

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander captured high-definition images of the lunar sunset March 16, as lunar night would ...

A private US lander has captured eerie high-definition images of a lunar sunset, which NASA hopes will help unravel the ...