showing a top-down view of the surface with the lander’s thrusters visible as well: The image shows the Moon’s surface and a top-down view of the lander’s RCS thrusters (center) with a ...
The Firefly Blue Ghost Lander, a white dot in the inset box. Image: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter managed to capture a photo of Firefly Aerospace’s ...
The Houston-based company put its Athena spacecraft on the moon just after 12:30 p.m. ET. The landing site is closer to the lunar south pole than any human or vehicle has traveled before.
A private lunar lander is no longer working after landing sideways in a crater near the Moon’s south pole and its mission is over, officials said on Friday. The news came less than 24 hours ...
The image shows the Moon’s surface and a top-down view of the lander’s RCS thrusters (center) with a sun glare on the right side. Credit: Firefly Aerospace “Firefly is literally and ...
A privately owned lunar lander has touched down near the moon's south pole CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A privately owned lunar lander touched down near the moon’s south pole Thursday, but as ...