After achieving a touchdown in early March within the moon's Mare Crisium impact basin, Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander became an on-duty robotic scientist. Kicking up dust and rocks, the ...

The lunar lander during the Apollo missions stood 22 feet (7 meters) tall with its landing legs deployed. The next time ...

Private lunar lander mission declared a failure after apparently crashing while attempting touchdown Takeshi Hakamada, the Founder and CEO of ispace, inc., attends a press conference in Tokyo on ...

Employees of ‘ispace’ react as they wait for the signal from the touchdown of its lunar lander Resilience on the Moon at a venue to watch its landing in Tokyo, Japan, June 6, 2025.

People await the update on ispace's private lunar lander’s attempt to touch down on the moon Friday, June 6, 2025, in Tokyo, Japan. Credit: Kyodo News via AP ...

Private lunar lander mission declared a failure after apparently crashing while attempting touchdown Takeshi Hakamada, the Founder and CEO of ispace, inc., attends a press conference in Tokyo on ...

Takeshi Hakamada, ispace's president and founder, revealed that the HAKUTO-R Mission 2 lander is believed to have crashed while attempting to land on the moon on Thursday, June 05, 2025. (ispace) ...

Tiny glass beads formed in the fires of explosive volcanic eruptions on the moon, and brought back to Earth by Apollo 17, ...

While Firefly’s lander made a successful landing on the moon March 2, Resilience followed a low-energy trajectory to reduce propellant requirements, making a lunar flyby Feb. 14 that sent it on ...