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A US spacecraft successfully landed on the Moon, marking a significant achievement for private space exploration. Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1's touchdown near Mons Latreille is a ...

Rendering of Blue Ghost's descent to the moon's surface. Firefly Aerospace The moon has a brand new visitor, as Firefly Aerospace has made history by becoming the first private company to ever ...

UPDATE Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025: The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying IM-2 successfully lifted off at 7:16 P.M. EST on Wednesday, Feb. 26. Early next month, a robotic lander will arrive at the Moon ...

Intuitive Machines' Athena lander launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, aiming to land near the Moon's south pole. Carrying a Nasa drill, three robotic rovers, and a rocket hopper, the mission ...

A dishwasher-sized NASA satellite was launched into space from Florida on Wednesday to identify places on the moon's surface where water exists — for example, in the permanently shadowed ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. – Intuitive Machines, the Texas company that returned America to the Moon last year, aims to make a repeat appearance, this time delivering the first cell service to the ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — A SpaceX launch Wednesday night sent both a lander and an orbiter on their way to the moon, both on the hunt for ice. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Intuitive Machines ...

The Blue Ghost lunar lander has captured a striking up-close view of Earth's cosmic neighbor as it prepares in the days ahead to land on the moon. Firefly Aerospace, the Texas-based company ...

Moon rovers are on board the lander, including a suitcase-sized "hopper" that will jump into a deep moon crater where scientists suspect there is ice to take photos. Two space mining missions are ...

Engineers are assembling a key power system that will drive NASA’s Gateway space station, a critical part of the agency’s Artemis program designed to expand human exploration beyond Earth. The Power ...

SpaceX launches Intuitive Machines' IM-2 mission to the moon. SpaceX SpaceX has successfully launched Intuitive Machines’ Athena lander toward the moon in the IM-2 mission. Athena is scheduled ...