Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander is now headed for the moon after firing its engines to send it out of Earth orbit ...
For the past week, an uncrewed lunar lander has been journeying through outer space on a 60-day mission to the moon on behalf of NASA.
Blue Ghost's final descent to the Moon is tentatively scheduled for March 2. The target landing site is in Mare Crisium, an ancient 350-mile-wide (560-kilometer) impact basin in the northeast part of ...
After the space agency canceled its VIPER rover, an empty space was available on a private spacecraft that will still head to ...
“A lander ... on the moon,” says lunar scientist Ryan Watkins, a program scientist at NASA’s Exploration Science Strategy and Integration Office. “To finally have a chance to get on ...
bearing the optimistic motto “Never Quit the Lunar Quest." To save energy, the mission will take a different, slower path than Blue Ghost 1 — the Resilience lander will essentially fly past the moon ...
The rocket-powered Gracie will conduct five hops during its short lunar stay, including one into the depths of a shadowy ...
In recent years, several spacecraft failed in their attempts to land on the moon. But 2025 may offer crucial second chances.
And great news, we are go for launch, so let's watch as Falcon 9 takes our two lunar payloads ... Firefly's Blue Ghost lander will spend 45 days in transit to the moon before landing in early ...
The next Sputnik Moment will take place against the backdrop of great power competition, as it did in the 1950s. This time, ...
The past few years have marked the advent of a new lunar space ... may also get a chance to bounce back from a disappointing first go at a moon landing in 2024. Its Peregrine lander began leaking ...