The close encounter was "a historic first of its type for a Japanese private, commercial lunar lander," according to ispace.

There's a lot less sky and a lot more moon in view for Firefly Aerospace's "Ghost Riders in the Sky" mission.

Russia's first lunar lander mission in 47 years ended in failure when Luna-25 crashed into the moon. Credit: Space.com | ...

The lander, Blue Ghost, fired its engines for four minutes Thursday to propel the spacecraft into lunar orbit ahead of a ...

Intuitive Machines, the company that pulled off the first-ever commercial moon landing this time last year with its Odysseus spacecraft, is gearing up for another shot at touching the lunar surface.

The second lunar lander from Japanese space exploration company ispace is ready for a flyby of the moon as part of its ...

Along with Blue Ghost, NASA launched the Tenacious lunar rover from Japanese company ispace. It's one of the smallest ...

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander has entered lunar orbit, capturing stunning images of the Moon, and is preparing for ...

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander continues to send back breathtaking images from the Moon ahead of the anticipated ...

Now, as the Houston-based company seeks to repeat the journey, its executives say they've made improvements to their new ...

Preparations for the uncrewed lunar lander built and operated by Texas-based Firefly Aerospace to enter the moon's orbit ramped up Feb. 8 with a propulsive maneuver known as a "trans lunar injection." ...