If the moon were a living, thinking being, it would have learned long ago to be very patient with visitors from Earth. In the 1960s there was a stream of spacecraft—and then they stopped, almost ...

Blue Ghost is getting to work after its private moon landing. Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander has captured a gorgeous ...

After hours of uncertainty, officials from the Houston company said there are clues that the spacecraft is on its side, which could limit the mission’s scientific accomplishments.

Firefly Aerospace shared a final message from Blue Ghost as the lander's lunar mission came to a close on Sunday.The Latest ...

Athena will land in the moon's Mons Mouton region at 12:32 p.m. EST.

The Blue Ghost lunar lander successfully touched down on the surface of the moon early Sunday morning, kicking off a two-week research mission and marking the latest lunar landing by a private U ...

The four-legged Blue Ghost carried 10 scientific payloads as it touched down near an ancient volcanic vent on Mare Crisium, a ...

About five years ago, the Trump-appointed administrator of NASA, Jim Bridenstine, revealed the name of the program that would ...

Moon Lander’s Journey to Lunar Surface Ends With Uncertainty Intuitive Machines, a Houston company aiming to repeat a 2024 landing, said its spacecraft, Athena, has power and is communicating ...

Firefly Aerospace landed a craft safely last week, a first for a private company. But Intuitive Machines’ mission ended when its lander wound up on its side in a crater.

• Houston-based company Intuitive Machines put its Athena spacecraft on the moon around 12:31 p.m. ET, but the lander’s exact status is currently unclear. • Mission teams believe the ...

Athena didn’t crash. But what did happen to it? Hours after the 15-foot-tall robotic spacecraft arrived at the moon’s surface, closer to the lunar south pole than any spacecraft has been, it ...