"We don't believe we're in the correct attitude (orientation) on the surface of the moon yet again," Altemus disclosed. "I don't have all the data yet to say exactly what the attitude of the ...

But what did happen to it? Hours after the 15-foot-tall robotic spacecraft arrived at the moon’s surface, closer to the lunar south pole than any spacecraft has been, it remained unclear whether ...

Blue Ghost is expected to study the moon’s surface for about two weeks until lunar nightfall plunges the landing zone into extreme cold and darkness, making it all but impossible for the largely ...

“Firefly is literally and figuratively over the moon,” said Jason Kim, the CEO of Firefly Aerospace in a statement. "Our Blue Ghost lunar lander now has a permanent home on the lunar surface ...

Athena didn’t crash. But what did happen to it? Hours after the 15-foot-tall robotic spacecraft arrived at the moon’s surface, closer to the lunar south pole than any spacecraft has been ...

We tend to think of the moon as a cold, dusty rock, but in fact, its surface can get pretty hot during a lunar day. How hot? It turns out that the answer can vary dramatically over a very short ...

In one small step toward lunar commercialization, the first-ever privately funded lander touched down on March 2, 2025 on the moon’s surface. The lander, named Blue Ghost, launched from NASA’s Kennedy ...

Still from the video of Blue Ghost's lunar landing. Firefly Aerospace This weekend Firefly Aerospace made history with the first fully successful moon landing by a private company, and now you can ...

The six-legged Athena spacecraft is now "on her side" atop the moon's surface, subsequently ending a week-long mission. The company said it received images transported from Athena on the lunar ...

Jupiter's second-largest moon has more impact craters on its surface than any other planetary body in the solar system, and it has tons of ice on its surface as well. For decades. researchers ...

Additionally, the craft features a mechanism to destroy lunar dust, which has long been an issue on the moon’s surface. The dust was a persistent problem for NASA’s Apollo astronauts ...

(CNN) — A robotic lander named Athena has made its final descent to the moon’s surface, marking the second lunar touchdown for a US company this week. But the orientation of the lander is currently ...