Ghost Riders in the Sky is what Firefly Aerospace and NASA are calling a mission set to launch to the moon this week, delivering 10 science and technology instruments onto the lunar surface. Firefly's ...

This mission, called Ghost Riders in the Sky, started back in 2021 when NASA awarded Firefly Aerospace a multi-million-dollar ...

What is this Ghost Riders in the Sky thing, you ask? The answer is pretty simple: a space mission meant to deliver a lander to the Moon, planned for departure early next year. And as cool as its name ...

Firefly Aerospace's first mission to the moon is poised to launch in the early morning hours on Jan. 15. A total of 10 NASA payloads, more than any CLPS mission to date, are flying on Ghost Riders in ...

A digital rendering of Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander sitting on the moon. [Courtesy: Firefly Aerospace] NASA and contractors SpaceX and Firefly Aerospace, the manufacturer of the Blue ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — Firefly Aerospace will send up its Blue Ghost lunar lander carrying nearly a dozen experiments from space agencies, companies and universities to discover more secrets about the ...

2025 kicked off with a bang for the American space agency after just a few hours ago (from the time of writing) the first Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) mission of the year departed for the ...

Launch recap: Scroll down to read live updates from the launch of two lunar landers atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center Pad 39A. NASA's uncrewed payload mission to the moon ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Amanda Kooser covers the quirky side of science and space. The moon is gigantic compared to a lunar lander. Imagine flying in ...

This story has been updated to add video. A Cedar Park-based aerospace company designed the lunar lander that successfully launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket early Wednesday, with the aim of landing ...