After orbiting the Earth for 25 days, Blue Ghost will fire up its thrusters and head to the moon, where it will orbit for 16 days before landing. Landing on the moon is no easy feat, as seen in ...

Private space company Firefly Aerospace says it will equip the Elytra orbital vehicles with the Ocula telescopes to conduct ...

New Ocula imaging service offers high-resolution ultraviolet and visible spectrum imaging of the Moon from lunar orbit CEDAR ...

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is playing a pivotal role supporting a groundbreaking lunar imaging effort in ...

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is changing the game for lunar imaging alongside Firefly Aerospace with their new commercial Ocula lunar imaging service.

The failed mission comes two years after the Japanese start-up’s first moonshot ended in a crash landing. A Japanese-made private lunar lander has crashed while attempting to touch down on the moon, ...

Launched in January from Florida on a long, roundabout journey, Resilience entered lunar orbit last month. It shared a SpaceX ride with Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost, which reached the Moon faster ...

Investigations by the Japanese company ispace identified issues with speed and an altitude sensor that likely doomed the lander ...

A Japanese lunar lander called Resilience failed to softly touch down on the moon’s surface on June 5. The spacecraft’s status is currently unknown after Tokyo-based company ispace lost communication ...

An attempt to become the third successful private landing on the moon has ended in failure, as ispace's Resilience probe crashed due to a malfunctioning laser sensor ...