A growing fleet of privately built spacecraft is preparing to attempt robotic landings on the moon as humanity's exploration ...
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A wave of commercial moon missions is expected to reach the lunar surface in 2026, signaling a major shift in space ...
An image released by Intuitive Machines showing the IM-2 lander during its descent to the surface of the moon. Credit: Intuitive Machines/NASA webcast COLORADO SPRINGS – Through government-backed ...
While Intuitive Machines’ Athena lander quickly met its demise after awkwardly stumbling and ending up on its side, Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost spacecraft, which touched down just a few days ...
China's ice-hunting Chang'e 7 mission is scheduled to launch to the moon later this year, helping set the stage for a lunar ...
Firefly's Blue Ghost witnessed Earth blocking out the Sun from its point of view on the Moon, while we experienced a lunar eclipse on Earth. Reading time 2 minutes Firefly’s Blue Ghost lander captured ...
The Blue Ghost lander bid farewell to the Moon by gently going into that cold lunar night. Before ending its mission on the lunar surface, Blue Ghost watched a beautiful sunset, capturing the glow of ...
The total lunar eclipse that unveiled a reddish blood moon overnight to nearly half of Earth looked a bit different from the vantage of our celestial neighbor. The Blue Ghost lunar lander, operated by ...
With its metaphorical feet held over the allegorical fire by NASA, SpaceX has released a new, simplified plan to build a lander to put US astronauts back on the Moon now that the competition for the ...
Friday morning’s blood moon lunar eclipse appeared, from Earth, to turn the moon dark red. From the moon, the Earth appeared to block out the sun. The unique view was captured by Firefly’s Blue Ghost ...
There are billions of dollars in it for companies able to kickstart mining operations, even if such returns are still years ...