The event makes Firefly the second private company to achieve a soft moon landing. “Firefly is literally and figuratively over the moon,” said Jason Kim, the CEO of Firefly Aerospace in a ...

Landing on the Moon is risky. In the last decade, the success rate for lunar landing attempts is a little above 50 percent—6-for-11—and two of the successful landers either tipped over or ...

The nearly full Flower Moon rises in the middle of the North Window Arch in Arches National Park ... The full moon rises over grain bins outside of Waukee on Sunday, May 15, 2022.

"There would have been volcanoes jetting off all over the place," he says. "It would have been very dramatic." The result would be a Moon that seemed younger than its true age. Astronomers have ...

Over at the moon, things are busy this week as a lunar mission gets to work on its science research. The Blue Ghost mission from Firefly Aerospace performed a picture-perfect landing 10 days ago ...

Photographer Tony Harnett has said he is "over the moon" with his latest picture which has taken years to successfully capture. His photograph showing people seemingly being guided by moonlight ...

A total lunar eclipse occurs when the sun, Earth and moon are aligned in space, with Earth in the middle, placing a shadow over the moon. The stellar event lasted an hour and six minutes ...

Intuitive Machines’s Athena lander has made it to the moon, but it seems to have fallen over. The lander is still working, but it isn’t yet clear which parts of its mission it will still be ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Moon exploration is undergoing a potentially transformative moment ...

This spectacular new image from a new telescope in Hawaii marks the moment the Red Planet reappeared over the lunar horizon — a "Mars-rise." So-called occultations of Mars by the moon are not ...

Blood moon' total lunar eclipse: Stunning photos of our celestial neighbor turning red over the Americas March 29 solar eclipse: Don't miss the rare sunrise solar eclipse over North America ...