The moon lander Athena made it to the lunar surface, but its condition and exact location remain unclear, Intuitive Machines and NASA confirmed.

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter captured an exciting view of Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander following its recent touchdown on the moon.

NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter managed to capture a photo of Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander on the surface of the Moon, in a stunning instance of the orbiter’s surveillance power.

On Sunday (March 2), Blue Ghost — built and operated by the Texas-based company Firefly Aerospace — became just the second private spacecraft ever to soft-land on the moon, coming to rest in the near side's Mare Crisium ("Sea of Crises") region.

After hours of uncertainty, officials from the Houston company said there are clues that the spacecraft is on its side, which could limit the mission’s scientific accomplishments.

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With its vivid turquoise, green and blue waters, it’s no surprise Lake Salda is often promoted as the “Maldives of Turkey.” According to scientists, it’s also the only place on Earth that’s analogous to the Jezero Crater on Mars. Musk said the astronauts could’ve been rescued sooner but the Biden administration rejected his assistance.

The mission, aptly named “Ghost Riders in the Sky,” touched down in Mare Crisium, a large impact site filled with basaltic lava on the Moon. Blue Ghost pulled off a precision landing, touching down within a 328-foot (100-meter) target next to a volcanic feature called Mons Latreille.

Firefly Aerospace released video of the Blue Ghost lunar lander as it made its final descent and touched down on the surface of the moon.

Firefly Aerospace's lander reached lunar soil early Sunday morning, after a 2.8-million-mile journey lasting 45 days

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost has landed on the Moon, delivering NASA’s technology for a 14-day mission. The lander has already achieved deep-space navigation breakthroughs and will now test lunar drilling,

Texas-based Firefly Aerospace, the second private-sector company to soft-land a spacecraft on the moon, released stunning footage from the Blue Ghost’s touchdown on Sunday.