NASA's Blue Ghost lunar lander is on its way to the moon, soaring through space with a tiny lunar rover called Tenacious. "After all the testing conducted and mission simulations completed ...
NASA's Polar Resources Ice Mining Experiment-1 (PRIME-1) is preparing to explore the moon's subsurface and analyze where lunar resources may reside.
Upon arrival, Firefly's spacecraft will deliver and help test a fleet of NASA's scientific instruments. One week after its launch, here's everything to know about Firefly's lunar lander ...
Intuitive Machines placed Odysseus, its first lander, on the moon in a trip sponsored by NASA last year. It was still successfully able to contact Earth despite tipping over. By hiring private ...
Toward the end of the mission, the company hopes to capture a phenomenon first seen by NASA's Surveyor moon landers and at least two Apollo crews, a so-called "horizon glow" caused by sunlight ...
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander launched at 1:11 a.m. Wednesday from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on ...
However, all was not lost. NASA had committed to the contract and said Astrobotic could fly a mass simulator to the Moon. The ...
is Firefly's first mission to the moon and is part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program. The lander is carrying 10 NASA research and technology payloads designed to further ...
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost moon lander, a spacecraft commissioned by NASA, enjoys its SpaceX ride before the rocket releases it into space. Credit: SpaceX / Firefly Aerospace On its 100th ...
In 2021, Firefly was awarded a mission contract by NASA, which included the Blue Ghost lander carrying 10 payloads to the moon. Firefly was selected based on the payload capacity. “What NASA is ...
Upon arrival, Firefly's spacecraft will deliver and help test a fleet of NASA's scientific instruments. One week after its launch, here's everything to know about Firefly's lunar lander, Blue Ghost, ...