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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Firefly Aerospace ... day transit to the moon's orbit," Firefly stated on social media platform X on Saturday (Feb. 8). The lander launched on the "Ghost Riders in the Sky" mission on Jan. 15 ...

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 ...