Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander snaps its 1st photos of the moon (images)
On Monday (Jan. 27), Texas-based Firefly released two photos of the moon that Blue Ghost captured from Earth orbit. One shows the natural satellite all alone, a small grayish dot in an empty black sea; the other is a selfie, showing the moon glowing above some of Blue Ghost's golden hardware.
The Blue Ghost Lunar Lander Is Now Headed to the Moon: Here's What to Know
Blue Ghost's main mission will be research. It will hang out in Earth's orbit for 25 days taking measurements and waiting for the right time to fling itself to the moon. After four days in transit, Blue Ghost will spend 16 days in lunar orbit collecting more data before descending to Mare Crisium, one of the largest basins on the moon.
Cedar Park's Firefly Aerospace Celebrates Successful Launch of Blue Ghost Lunar Lander on SpaceX Rocket
Firefly Aerospace launches Blue Ghost Lunar Lander on a SpaceX rocket, embarking on a 45-day journey to conduct scientific experiments on the moon.
Two lunar missions: Firefly Blue Ghost and ispace lander launch from Kennedy Space Center
Firefly's Blue Ghost lunar lander has launched from Kennedy Space Center Pad 39A, and is on a 45-day journey to the moon for NASA.
See the Blue Ghost spacecraft’s first view of the moon
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost mission has captured its first view of the moon.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox
First Glimpse of the Moon: Blue Ghost Advances NASA’s Cutting-Edge Lunar Tech
Firefly's Blue Ghost Mission 1 has taken a significant leap toward the Moon, with its successful second engine burn positioning the spacecraft for lunar orbit. NASA’s science and technology instruments aboard Firefly’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 are making steady progress toward the Moon.
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Two privately-built moon landers share a ride to space atop a Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket
Firefly's "Blue Moon" and ispace's "Resilience" are the latest in an ongoing push to gain private-sector experience exploring ...
Elon Musk's Falcon 9 rocket launches two private moon landers
Simultaneous launches signal growing private interest in lunar exploration, traditionally dominated by governments.
Firefly’s Lunar Lander Captures Haunting Earth Eclipse From Space
On January 18, the team at Firefly carried out Blue Ghost’s first engine burn, firing up the lander’s thrusters and main ...
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Falcon 9 launches two landers to the Moon...
SpaceX launched not one but two lunar landers to the Moon on the same mission, on the 100th launch from the same pad where the Apollo 11 crew launched to the Moon. A Falcon 9 successfully lifted ...
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Falcon 9 launches American and Japanese commercial lunar landers
The Falcon 9 lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center ... Resilience, like ispace’s initial lunar lander mission launched in late 2022, will take a low-energy trajectory to the moon, ...
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SpaceX Falcon 9’s cargo includes a bizarre mini model home headed to the moon: ‘There’s nothing like that in space’
STOCKHOLM — A Swedish artist is about to have the dream of a lifetime fulfilled: A little red model house he created was launched into space this week and, if all goes according to plan, put on the ...
SpaceX Falcon 9 launches historic dual mission with Blue Ghost and Resilience moon landers
The mission featured two robotic lunar landers: one from Texas-based Firefly Aerospace and another from the Japanese space ...
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Blue Ghost Moon Lander Catches GPS Signal From 205,000 Miles Away, Sets Distance Record
The Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost lander used one of its instruments to calculate a navigation fix at a distance of more than ...