The total lunar eclipse on March 13-14 will plunge moon missions into darkness. What will happen to the lunar spacecraft?

While Lunar Trailblazer's mission is no longer possible, the space agency is assessing other options for the spacecraft.

NASA's LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter) imaged Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost Mission 1 lunar lander on the Moon's surface ...

This orientation prevented the lander's solar panels from capturing enough sunlight, and Intuitive Machines declared Athena ...

The lander was near the intended target site, but a sweep by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter in the coming days will confirm its position and orientation, he said. Launched last week, Athena was ...

We're collecting photos now and downlinking those, and we're going to get a picture from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter camera from above, from orbit, and we'll confirm that over the coming days ...

Ready for a show? On the night of March 13 into the early hours of March 14, a total lunar eclipse will occur as the moon moves into the Earth's umbra, or shadow, turning the bright white lunar ...

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.

Blue Ghost is getting to work after its private moon landing. Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander has captured a gorgeous ...

American space company Firefly Aerospace announced it has selected the Honeybee Robotics rover for its 2028 mission to the ...

Observers on Earth, of course, saw the event as a lunar eclipse. NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter was also flying near the moon during the 2017 total solar eclipse and managed to image the ...

NASA launched a lunar orbiter Wednesday night that will trace the Moon's elusive water cycle. Lunar Trailblazer, a collaboration between NASA, Northern Arizona University, and Lockheed Martin ...