A second American company has landed a spacecraft on the moon in an extraordinary feat once solely the realm of government ...

Its primary objective following the March 2 touchdown inside Mare Crisium crater was to deliver 10 NASA instruments designed to gather lunar subsurface data. But the eastern edge of the moon’s near ...

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander captured high-definition images of the lunar sunset March 16, as lunar night would bring the robotic mission to an end. However, the lander continued to ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private lunar lander has captured the first high-definition sunset pictures from the moon.

The Blue Ghost lunar lander finished surface operations on March 16, 2025, wrapping up a smashing success of a mission. Designed, built, and flown by Firefly Aerospace, based near Austin ...

Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost just completed its mission, which lasted a full lunar day — two Earth weeks ... connected by cables to the lander, measured voltages — essentially a supersized ...

Blue Ghost, a Texas-built lunar lander, sent its final message from the moon’s surface this week before powering down and concluding its historic journey. “Mission mode change detected, now ...

The shielding technology was tested in vacuum chambers, where it was used to remove lunar dust samples brought home by NASA's ...

Firefly Aerospace ... CT).Separately, Blue Ghost witnessed an eclipse from the lunar surface last week. The event cast Earth’s shadow across the moon, briefly plunging the lander into darkness.