Feb. 25, 2025 — On Wednesday 26 February, a thermal imaging camera blasted off to the Moon as part of NASA's Lunar Trailblazer mission. This aims to map sources of water on the Moon to shed ...

Lunar eclipses can only happen during a full moon, when the sun fully illuminates the surface. Usually, a full moon has no eclipse because the moon orbits in a slightly different plane than the ...

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 ...

Cinematic planet earth view from the moon surface. Starry space in the background. Travel across the lunar soil with craters.Spacescape Earth as viewed from Moon surface. The surface of the moon, ...

On Sunday morning, a spacecraft built by Firefly Aerospace softly touched down on the surface of the Moon, making the Texas-based startup the second private company in history to pull off the feat.

Texas-based space company Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander has become the second private spacecraft in history to softly touch down on the Moon's surface. Firefly's car-sized lander touched ...

A robotic lander named Athena has made its final descent to the moon’s surface, marking the second lunar touchdown for a US company this week. But the orientation of the lander is currently unknown.

Lunar eclipses occur when Earth moves between the sun and the moon, casting a shadow across the lunar surface. Lunar eclipses can only take place during a full moon and are a popular event for ...

(Bloomberg) — Firefly Aerospace successfully landed its first robotic spacecraft on the moon on Sunday in partnership with NASA, marking the second time a commercial lander has pulled off the feat as ...

marking the second time a commercial lander has pulled off the feat as more companies attempt to reach the lunar surface ahead of future human landings. After journeying to the moon since its ...

HOUSTON – Another historic U.S. robotic Moon landing happened Thursday, but whether the lander is standing upright on the surface remains unclear. The space industry is in its Moon era, with dozens of ...

Following a 45-day journey to the Moon, Blue Ghost gently landed on the lunar surface this past weekend to begin its exploratory mission. Here’s what we can expect over the coming days.