The Blue Ghost 1 lander casts a shadow on the lunar surface after touching down on the moon March 2, 2025. Credit: Firefly Aerospace WASHINGTON — NASA says its program to use commercial spacecraft to ...

The five companies selected to join NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program (CLPS) include SpaceX, Blue Origin, Sierra Nevada Corp., Ceres Robotics and Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, Inc.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. China's Yutu-2 rover, as seen by the Chang'e-4 lander, on the far side of the moon. CSNA/Siyu Zhang/Kevin M. Gill Now Intuitive ...

Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar lander captures photo of its shadow on the Moon with the volcanic feature, Mons Latreille, visible on the top right side of the lunar surface. Image: Firefly Aerospace The ...

Firefly Aerospace’s team in its mission operations center celebrates the successful touchdown of its first Blue Ghost lunar lander on the Moon on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Image: Firefly Aerospace via ...

NASA has revealed a huge shakeup to its Artemis program of crewed moon exploration. The announcement came last week, just after the agency's Artemis 2 rocket was rolled back to the hangar for repairs.

NASA has awarded Firefly Aerospace a $176.7 million contract to deliver a pair of rovers and three scientific instruments to the moon's south pole. Targeted for landing in 2029, the mission will be ...

NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) are bringing us closer than we’ve been in decades to regular lunar exploration and scientific discovery. As a scientist, I admire what these companies ...

NASA announced which two companies would be tasked to build lunar rovers for its future moon base —as well as the company that will fly them there — among other plans during an event from its ...

NASA has decided to give the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) Moon rover project another go after canceling the venture last year following delays and budget issues. The mission ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Instead, that task will fall to Artemis 4, with Artemis 3 launching sooner with a different mission framework, and with a ...