Blue Ghost aced its lunar landing attempt on March 2, touching down near Mons Latreille, a solitary lunar peak in the vast ...

10 NASA payloads on Blue Ghost The US space agency, as part of its Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative, has 10 payloads on Blue Ghost, eight of which had already met their mission ...

Among the bonus science collected by Firefly's Blue Ghost lunar lander ... touchdown on the Moon to provide insights into the effects that engine plumes have on the surface for future robotics ...

The privately-owned lander turned its cameras toward Earth as our planet cast its shadow over the moon. It’s not the first spacecraft to do so.

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

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 Blue Ghost has been in space for 44 days ... Sunsets up there also have some weird effects. Dust in the lunar atmosphere, combined with electrically charged particles ...

(X/Firefly_Space) The image showcases the rare ‘diamond ring’ effect—a celestial phenomenon created when sunlight streams through lunar valleys during an eclipse. Firefly Aerospace’s ...

Alpha is scheduled to lift off from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base on Saturday during a 52-minute window that opens at 9:25 a.m. EDT (1325 GMT; 6:25 a.m. local California time). Firefly ...

Acting NASA administrator Janet Petro said at Firefly's landing event that the moon remains part of America's goal to "dominate" space ... by Blue Ghost's landing engine, gathering data to ...