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.

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

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

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost moon lander reached lunar orbit on Thursday (Feb. 13) and snapped some photos to commemorate ...

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 ...

Intuitive Machines' Athena spacecraft will launch on its way to the moon no earlier than Wednesday6. It's expected to arrive ...

This video taken by Firefly's Blue Ghost lunar lander shows the far side of the Moon from about 75 miles above the surface.

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