Vast swaths of northern and northeastern China are also bracing for heavy rainstorms. Chen Tao, chief forecaster of the ...

China’s lunar ambitions have evolved from symbolic flag planting to a systematic push for permanent space infrastructure.

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Firefly Aerospace on Monday announced the conclusion of its Blue Ghost lunar lander mission, declaring it the first “fully successful” commercial operation on the moon.

Firefly Aerospace on Monday announced the conclusion of its Blue Ghost lunar lander mission, declaring it the first “fully successful” commercial operation on the moon.

(Blue Origin Illustration) NASA says it has penciled in Blue Origin’s Blue Moon MK1 cargo lander to deliver a scientific payload to the moon’s south polar region as soon as this summer.

Athena landed on Thursday on a flat-topped mountain named Mons Mouton, about 100 miles from the moon’s south pole. It was the southernmost landing site of any spacecraft.

And only four other countries have successfully landed robotic spacecraft on the moon: Russia, China, India and Japan. Dunn writes for the Associated Press.

It still managed to operate briefly, ending America’s moon-landing drought of more than 50 years. Until then, the U.S. had not landed on the moon since Apollo 17 in 1972.

She noted that there are, at present, two US spacecraft landed on the Moon and active. There is Athena, and the Firefly Aerospace-built Blue Ghost lander that touched down four days ago.

A privately owned lunar lander touched down on the moon Thursday, but as the minutes dragged on, flight controllers could not confirm its condition or whether it was even upright near the south pole.