Blue Ghost launched on the same rocket that carried another lunar lander to orbit as well: Japanese company ispace's moon lander "Resilience." Resilience is the second moon lander from ispace; its ...

The spacecraft is now in a wide elliptical orbit around the moon, meaning it is traveling in an oval pattern. Over the next two weeks, the spacecraft will fire its engines to adjust its orbit to ...

Earth has a new “mini-moon” after an asteroid has joined our orbit. The object, known as 2024 PT5, has been chasing after us for years. Now, it has become close enough to be pulled in by our ...

Earth will get a second moon for about two months this year when a small asteroid begins to orbit our planet. ... much like our moon, it will orbit our planet — but only for 56.6 days.

An Asteroid Will Become Earth’s ‘Mini-Moon’ for Two Months The tiny asteroid will complete a wide orbit over the course of 53 days, but don't get your hopes up about seeing it.

The moon will soon have a companion in Earth's orbit for a limited time. An Arjuna asteroid will become a "mini-moon" event for nearly two months starting Sept. 29, according to a study published ...

The moon will soon be joined by a new dance partner around the Earth's gravitational pull. But its new pal will stay for only a song or two before returning to the dark of the night. An asteroid ...

Firefly's lunar lander, named Blue Ghost, entered orbit around the moon last week, ending a four-day transit from Earth and starting to gear up for a lunar touchdown. In the lead-up to that ...