Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Firefly Aerospace, the Texas-based startup that on Sunday became only the second private-sector company ...

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander closed in on the moon Saturday, on course for a nail-biting automated descent to touchdown early Sunday, the first of three private-sector robotic moon ...

WASHINGTON, March 2 (Reuters) - Firefly Aerospace succeeded in its first attempt to land on the moon with its uncrewed Blue Ghost spacecraft on Sunday, kicking off a two-week research mission as a ...

Firefly Aerospace’s robotic vehicle became the second privately built spacecraft to make a soft landing on the moon. It could soon be joined by two more private lunar landers. By Kenneth Chang A ...

Many others tried and failed, notably Firefly, a startup that went bankrupt in 2017 and recently came back to life after ...

To land Blue Ghost on the moon, Firefly Aerospace laid out 14 major mission milestones from Earth to the lunar surface. To land your own Blue Ghost, you will need to follow 42 steps. As eyes turn ...