The Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost lander touched down on the moon. See footage of the descent and landing here. Credit: ...

The Earth eclipses the moon in this time-lapsed view from Firefly's Blue Ghost moon lander. Credit: Firefly Aerospace ...

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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 ...

Texas-based company Firefly Aerospace will have its lunar lander called Blue Ghost sent to the moon, about a 45-day journey, as it carries 10 payloads of science equipment from universities, space ...

A robotic lander developed by a Japanese company named ispace plummeted to the Moon's surface Thursday, destroying a small rover and several experiments intended to demonstrate how future missions ...

A laser navigating tool doomed a Japanese company’s lunar lander earlier this month, causing it to crash into the moon.

In contrast, other vehicles such as Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost and the Nova-C lander, developed by Texas-based company Intuitive Machines, have used large engines to fire themselves on a ...

In contrast, other vehicles such as Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost and the Nova-C lander, developed by Texas-based company Intuitive Machines, have used large engines to fire themselves on a ...

Ispace would also join Firefly, whose Blue Ghost lander made a pristine landing in March, in becoming the only two companies to complete a fully successful touchdown of a robotic lunar lander.

The Tokyo-based company ispace declared the mission a failure several hours after communication was lost with the lander.