Abu Dhabi: The International Astronomy Centre has confirmed that the crescent moon of Shawwal will be impossible to sight on Saturday, March 29, across all regions of the Arab and Islamic world.

The Blue Ghost Mission 1 lander was launched by Firefly Aerospace in mid-January and landed on the moon on March 2. It was the first successful commercial moon landing. The lander delivered 10 ...

The mission was the first to collect samples from the far side of the moon and return them to the Earth. For this new study, the research team obtained 2 grams of the soil for testing. The ...

After touching down on the moon on March 2, Blue Ghost spent two weeks advancing science goals. The lander is now powered down, but before ending its mission, it got the rare chance to document ...

Blue Ghost touched down on March 2 and ran all 10 NASA science experiments without issue. It even watched last week's solar eclipse from the moon. Firefly's CEO said the mission is complete and ...

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Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Private lunar lander Blue Ghost’s shadow is seen on the moon’s surface after touching down on the moon ...

Private lunar lander Blue Ghost's shadow is seen on the moon's surface after touching down on the moon with a special delivery for NASA, Sunday, March 2, 2025. (NASA/Firefly Aerospace via AP ...

It landed at the moon’s far northeastern edge on March 2. It carried a drill, vacuum and other science and tech instruments for NASA. Firefly confirmed Monday that all 10 experiments worked.