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"The mission is now in the hands of the unstoppable Firefly team." This is the first lunar lander built by Firefly, which got its start in the rocket business. Firefly launches its own small-class ...

The U.S. lander, built by Austin, Texas-based Firefly Aerospace and known as "Blue Ghost," is carrying 10 sophisticated instruments for NASA while the Japanese spacecraft, built by Tokyo-based ...

For the third time in a year, a commercial lunar lander backed by NASA is on its way to the moon's surface. The spacecraft built and operated by Texas-based Firefly Aerospace launched in the early ...

That was fitting considering onboard this SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket were two lunar landers − ispace's lightweight lander known as RESILIENCE and Firefly's Blue Ghost lander, which is carrying 10 ...

Image: SpaceX Update: Wednesday, January 15, 9:10 a.m. ET: SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, carrying Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander and ispace’s Resilience lander, successfully blasted off ...

A lunar lander developed by a Japanese startup has successfully entered orbit after being launched on a US rocket from the state of Florida. Tokyo-based startup ispace is making its second attempt ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — Japan-based space startup ispace, Inc.’s Resilience lunar lander was launched on a journey toward the moon from the Kennedy Space Center at 1:10 a.m. on Wednesday. It ...

At 1:11 A.M. EST on January 15 Blue Ghost, a lunar lander built by the Texas-based company Firefly Aerospace, rode its own fiery steed through the heavens, launching atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket ...

ispace's Resilience aims for moon landing after 2023 failure Firefly's Blue Ghost to be third CLPS moon lander Blue Ghost touchdown planned in March, Resilience in May-June NASA's Artemis program ...

The 6 feet, 6 in. tall lander is carrying 10 NASA experiments as part of the agency's effort to return humans to the moon. The experiments include a vacuum to gather dirt and a drill to measure ...