Firefly’s Blue Ghost lander captured its first sunrise on the moon, marking the beginning of the lunar day and the start of surface operations in its new home. Credit: Firefly Aerospace Last weekend, ...

However, after 43 minutes after the launch, the IM-2 team lost communications with the lunar lander called Athena after it was deployed from SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, according to NASA.

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander successfully landed on the moon on Sunday, March 02, 2025. It will spend 14 days on the moon, using NASA's 10 payloads to learn more about Earth's ...

China has conducted two spacewalks from its Tiangong space station in as many months and is advancing on its lunar ...

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander successfully executed NASA-backed Commercial Lunar Payload Services, studying the moon's electric and magnetic fields.

Blue Origin has been mum about the payload that will fly on this rocket, but multiple people have told Ars that the current ...

NASA is preparing for its most ambitious lunar mission yet with the Athena lander, equipped with cutting-edge tech like ... Plus, a bold asteroid mining mission is launching alongside, and a new ...

In 2025, space exploration enters a new era with missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond, led by NASA, ISRO, ESA, JAXA, and ...

The proposed national US budget for 2026 contains a few nasty surprises for NASA, and some serious disappointments—among them ...

At the University of Central Florida’s Exolith Lab, Dr. Phil Metzger and other university researchers have developed a ...

China’s lunar ambitions have evolved from symbolic flag planting to a systematic push for permanent space infrastructure.