NASA launched the Artemis program, in part, to conduct scientific missions to the moon and unravel mysteries of its lunar surface like the Gruithuisen Domes. Named after Franz von Gruithuisen ...

The Lunar-VISE mission, currently in its development phase and slated for a 2028 launch date, will travel across the Gruithuisen Domes on the near side of the moon for 10 days. One of Lunar-VISE ...

NASA has selected Firefly Aerospace as the lander and rover provider to deliver UCF’s Lunar Vulkan Imaging and Spectroscopy Explorer (Lunar-VISE) payload to the Moon’s Gruithuisen Domes to ...

In mid-December 2024 Firefly Aerospace Inc. (Cedar Park, Texas, U.S.) was awarded an approximately $179.6 million NASA (Washington, D.C., U.S.) contract to deliver and operate six NASA instruments in ...

Now, though, the spacecraft is barreling back toward Earth, and while the team is sure it could keep it from burning up, Astrobotic’s latest Peregrine update says that it is safer to let the ...

NASA partners with Firefly Aerospace to explore the Gruithuisen Domes, ancient lava-formed structures, in a groundbreaking 2028 mission under its Artemis program. The domes may hold secrets of how ...

Blue Ghost will then land in the Gruithuisen Domes, deploy the rover, and support payload operations for more than 14 days on the lunar surface. The NASA payloads onboard Blue Ghost include the ...

As part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload (CLPS) initiative, the mission will utilize Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar lander, Elytra Dark orbital vehicle, and a rover from an industry provider to ...