This image, released by Firefly Aerospace on February 26, 2025, captures the Blue Ghost lunar lander in orbit around the Moon. It successfully landed at 3.34am US Eastern Time (0834 GMT) near Mons ...

A US company successfully landed its spacecraft on the Moon on Sunday after a long journey through space, marking only the second private mission to achieve the milestone -- and the first to do so ...

A US company successfully landed its spacecraft on the Moon on Sunday, marking only the second private mission to achieve the milestone—and the first to do so upright. Firefly Aerospace’s Blue ...

Skywatchers worldwide witnessed the breathtaking full Worm Moon turn reddish during a total lunar eclipse. This occurs when Earth blocks sunlight, refracting red wavelengths onto the moon.

This alignment ensures the entire side of the Moon that faces us gleams under sunlight. Thanks to the Moon’s orbit around Earth, the angle of sunlight hitting the lunar surface and being ...

AP This image provided by Firefly Aerospace on Feb. 26, 2025 shows Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander orbiting the moon. (Firefly Aerospace via AP) After a long journey through space, a US ...

Acting NASA Administrator Janet Petro said at Firefly’s landing event on Sunday that the moon remains part of the US goal to “dominate” space. The success underscores the growing role of ...

NASA/Firefly Aerospace/AP Photo/picture alliance A US private spacecraft achieved its first-ever uncrewed lunar landing on Sunday, marking the second commercial moon landing. Firefly Aerospace's ...

"Building that lunar economy is what's going to make us dominate in and around the moon, so we've got to do it," Petro added. During a post-landing press conference to celebrate Blue Ghost's ...

See what moon phase it is tonight and find out when you can see the rest of the moon phases for 2025. Today, March 25, 2025, the moon is 25 days old and is in the Waning Crescent phase of its ...

Stargazers marvelled at a dramatic red 'Blood Moon' during a rare total lunar eclipse. The phenomenon takes place when the Sun, Earth and Moon line up. People in the US, Western Europe and the ...

Athena's arrival at the Moon is set to be preceded on March 2 by another private US lander, Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost, which launched on a more circuitous journey back in January, sharing a ...