Blue Ghost Lunar Lander Is Now Orbiting the Moon

Firefly’s Blue Ghost Lander Bids Farewell to Earth on Its Way to the Moon
The Blue Ghost mission launched on Wednesday, January 15, on board a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and is currently around halfway through its journey to the Moon. The mission, named “Ghost Riders in the Sky,” will spend around 16 days in lunar orbit before attempting a soft touchdown on the lunar surface.
The Blue Ghost Lunar Lander Is Now Orbiting the Moon, With Dazzling Photographs
NASA's Blue Ghost lunar lander has arrived at the moon and is now orbiting Earth's nearest neighbor as it prepares to make its landing next month. And it's capturing some amazing photos on its journey.
NASA Sets Coverage of Firefly's First Robotic Commercial Moon Landing
With a suite of NASA science and technology on board, Firefly Aerospace is targeting no earlier than 3:45 a.m. EST on Sunday, March 2, to land the Blue Ghost lunar lander on the Moon. Blue Ghost is slated to touch down near Mare Crisium,
Welcome to the moon! Firefly's Blue Ghost lander reaches lunar orbit (video, photos)
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost moon lander reached lunar orbit on Thursday (Feb. 13) and snapped some photos to commemorate the milestone.
Say hello to the moon in stunning footage as Blue Ghost enters lunar orbit
Aiming to be just the second ever commercial soft landing on the moon, the Blue Ghost mission has arrived in lunar orbit - and captured some incredible views.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your In
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Japan's Resilience lunar lander prepares for 1st swing around the moon
ispace's Resilience lander launched on Jan. 15 atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, along with Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander. It is taking an energy-efficient, circuitous route to the moon, and only ...
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Blue Origin mimics moon gravity on 1st-of-its-kind New Shepard research rocket launch (video)
Jeff Bezos' spaceflight company Blue Origin simulated lunar gravity conditions today (Feb. 4) during the 29th launch of its ...
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Two privately-built moon landers share a ride to space atop a Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket
With the nearly full moon shining overhead ... sharing a sky-lighting ride to space atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The U.S. lander, built by Austin, Texas-based Firefly Aerospace and known ...
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SpaceX set to carry two moon landers on one rocket
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket set for takeoff early Wednesday will launch not one, but two spacecraft on separate missions to the moon. The launch, scheduled for 1:11 a.m. Eastern time at Kennedy Space ...
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Trump may cancel NASA's powerful SLS Moon rocket—what that would mean for Elon Musk and the future of space travel
The rocket is one of several key elements needed for the US space agency's Artemis program, which aims to return humans to the moon for the first time since 1972. advertisement Phys.org ...
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NASA says Boeing-built SLS moon rocket is ‘essential’ as company warns of layoffs
NASA has long said it plans to use the SLS rocket to power 10 or more Artemis missions, which will aim to return humans to the moon’s surface as well as set up a permanent lunar outpost.
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Watch SpaceX launch 2 private moon landers on a single rocket early Jan. 15
SpaceX plans to launch two private moon landers early Wednesday morning (Jan. 15), and you can watch the action live. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the robotic Blue Ghost and Resilience landers ...
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Space songs: 'Moon Steps'
Moon Steps' places lunar exploration within the wider context of humanity’s different voyages of discovery, tracing how transport by wheels and wings eventually led to rocket-science ...
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Jan. 15: Two privately built moon landers could launch on the same SpaceX rocket.
A pair of landers, from the American company Firefly Aerospace and the Japanese company Ispace, will head to the moon using the same SpaceX rocket. The Firefly mission, which is carrying cargo ...