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.

NASA is holding a news conference to provide an update on its Crew-10 mission, which is expected to lift off this upcoming Wednesday from Florida. Crew-10 will embark on their journey aboard a Dragon ...

Firefly Aerospace on Sunday became the first to achieve complete success with its Blue Ghost lunar lander, on the ...

Related SpaceX launches Blue Ghost, Resilience landers to moon 'High probability' Japanese Hakuto-R lunar ... Science News // 2 days ago Crew-10 astronauts lift off, finally on way to ISS March ...

Japanese startup ispace on Tuesday set a June 6 target touchdown date for its moon lander, following the success of its rocket "rideshare" buddy, a spacecraft from a US firm. ispace's unmanned ...

The simultaneous presence of multiple lunar landers en route to the Moon highlights the rapid advancement of lunar services and the increasing role of private companies in space exploration.

Now owned by AE Industrial Partners, a private equity firm, Firefly has successfully flown its own small satellite launcher and is developing a medium-lift ... the Moon in 2023, then Japan became ...

Advertisement In 2023, a module operated by Japanese company ispace crashed onto the surface of the moon and was largely inoperable. Cedar Park, Texas-based Firefly Aerospace, said Blue Ghost's ...

There are currently two other lunar landers in transit toward their future moon-bound homes, Resilience and Athena. Resilience is a commercial spacecraft developed by Japan-based Ispace.

Last year, Intuitive Machines sent their own lander to the moon. It toppled over shortly after landing and had to end service early. Japanese company ispace launched a lunar lander alongside Blue ...

Intuitive Machines’ lander, named Athena, caught a lift with SpaceX from NASA ... the U.S., China, India and Japan. The moon is littered with wreckage from many past failures.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Launch Complex ... based Firefly Aerospace and another lander by Japan's ispace are heading towards the moon. While Firefly’s Blue Ghost lander will ...