An uncrewed spacecraft developed in the United States has successfully soft-landed on the moon, making Texas-based Firefly Aerospace only the second private-sector company ever to complete such a ...

And they succeeded. As Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 successfully landed its 6-foot-tall lunar lander on the moon’s surface around 2:34 a.m. Sunday morning, cheers erupted at the ...

Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Firefly Aerospace, the Texas-based startup that on Sunday became only the second private-sector company ...

And that's just what a spacecraft built and operated by Texas-based Firefly Aerospace has set out to do on its 60-day mission to Earth's only natural satellite. Upon arrival, Firefly's spacecraft ...

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost probe is expected to land no earlier than Sunday, March 2, 2025 in the wee hours before dawn. Update for 4:30 am ET: Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander ...

Firefly Aerospace launched its two-stage Alpha rocket from California early Tuesday, but something went wrong about two-and-a-half minutes into the flight, rendering the rocket unable to deploy an ...

BRIGGS, Texas—The new medium-lift rocket under development by Firefly Aerospace and Northrop Grumman will eventually incorporate a recoverable booster that will return to its launch site in ...

April 30 (UPI) --A Firefly Aerospace rocket launched from California crashed into the Pacific Ocean north of Antarctica, failing to place into low-Earth orbit a satellite for Lockheed Martin.

Firefly’s two-stage Alpha rocket stands on the launch pad at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California ahead of the launch of a payload for customer Lockheed Martin. [Courtesy: Firefly Aerospace ...

WASHINGTON, April 29 (Reuters) - Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket suffered a technical issue on Tuesday as it ascended into space on its sixth flight, causing a Lockheed Martin (LMT.N), opens new ...