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 PARK, Texas, June 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Firefly Aerospace, the ...

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, ...

Firefly Aerospace says it plans to offer a commercial lunar imaging service for use by governments and companies.

A private lunar lander from Tokyo-based company ispace was aiming for a touchdown in the unexplored far north with a mini ...

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

A robotic lander developed by a Japanese company named ispace plummeted to the Moon's surface Thursday, destroying a small rover and several experiments intended to demonstrate how future missions ...

A private lunar lander from Japan crashed while attempting a touchdown Friday, the latest casualty in the commercial rush to ...

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 ...

Takeshi Hakamada apologised for the mission’s failure (Kyodo News via AP/PA) Launched in January from Florida on a long, roundabout journey, Resilience entered lunar orbit last month. It shared a ...