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.

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

Intuitive Machines (LUNR) announced its IM-2 mission Nova-C class lunar lander, Athena, completed all integration milestones and is safely ...

NASA's Blue Ghost lunar lander has arrived at the moon and is now orbiting Earth's nearest neighbor as it prepares to make its landing next month. And it's capturing some amazing photos on its ...

One week ago, a private lunar lander left the ground on a nearly 7-week journey to reach the surface of the moon. The launch may not have had the headline-grabbing power of last year's historic ...

Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar lander captures the Blue Marble while in Earth orbit approximately 6,700 km above the planet on January 23, 2025. Firefly Aerospace It’s been one week since the ...

The lander is packed with 10 scientific instruments to study the lunar surface and gather data to support future human missions to the Moon as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services ...

This time IM-2’s lander, Athena, will seek to stick its landing and ferry a robust array of science and technology experiments to the vicinity of Mons Mouton, a plateau near the lunar south pole.

Discover how Firefly's Blue Ghost lander executed a flawless Lunar Orbit Insertion burn, entering an elliptical orbit, leveraging 3D printed engines ...

What's the mission? The CLPS mission will take the Blue Ghost lander, which resembles a smaller version of the Apollo lunar descent module, to the lunar surface. Type of craft: Lander.