Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost moon lander caught haunting images of Earth while preparing to make its way towards lunar orbit. Blue Ghost launched on the "Ghost Riders in the Sky" mission on Jan ...

The lander is packed with 10 scientific instruments to study the lunar surface and gather data to support future human missions to the Moon as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services ...

One week ago, a private lunar lander left the ground on a nearly 7-week journey to reach the surface of the moon. The launch may not have had the headline-grabbing power of last year's historic ...

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost moon lander caught haunting images of Earth while preparing to make its way towards lunar orbit. Blue Ghost launched on the "Ghost Riders in the Sky" mission on Jan. 15 ...

One week ago, a private lunar lander left the ground on a nearly 7-week journey to reach the surface of the moon. The launch may not have had the headline-grabbing power of last year's historic lunar ...

Two commercial lunar landers are currently on their way to the Moon, and at least two more are set to follow this year under NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative. Meanwhile, ...

A private U.S. spacecraft bound for the moon has captured stunning images of Earth one week into its flight.Still circling Earth, Firefly Aerospace’s lunar lander fired its thrusters Thursday to ...

What's the mission? The CLPS mission will take the Blue Ghost lander, which resembles a smaller version of the Apollo lunar descent module, to the lunar surface. Type of craft: Lander.