Both landers are designed to stay on the surface of the moon and transmit data back to scientists on Earth. The Firefly-led mission, termed Ghost Riders in the Sky, will take a planned 45 days to ...

It is a Japanese-led commercial mission. Astronauts won't be walking on the moon until 2027 ... Who's doing it? NASA and Firefly Aerospace, a Cedar Park, Texas, company that manufactures ...

One week ago, a private lunar lander left the ground on a nearly 7-week journey to reach the surface of the moon ... Texas-based Firefly Aerospace has set out to do on its 60-day mission to ...

Pittsburgh-based company Astrobotic has found a replacement rover to fly on the first-ever mission of its Griffin moon lander. Griffin was originally supposed to deliver NASA's ice-hunting VIPER ...

Launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Firefly's Blue Ghost Mission One lander that will transport 10 NASA science and technology instruments to the moon. Launch was at 1:11 a.m. EST ...

Two lunar landers built by private companies in the US and Japan have left Earth aboard a SpaceX rocket as part of a rideshare to the Moon. The Falcon 9 took off from the Kennedy Space Center in ...

NASA/Frank Michaux A moon lander from Firefly Aerospace was launched this morning carrying a variety of NASA science instruments and technology demonstrations. The Blue Ghost mission was launched ...

Originally scheduled for a 2024 launch, the mission was halted due to financial constraints. Now, NASA is seeking private sector partners to help get VIPER to the Moon. This move highlights the ...