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.
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.
FireFly Aerospace's Blue Ghost is on its way to the moon: What to know about NASA mission
The spacecraft built and operated by Texas-based Firefly Aerospace launched in the early Monday hours from Florida aboard a SpaceX rocket.
Texas-based Firefly's lunar lander among 2 headed to moon after being launched by SpaceX
Frank Sinatra once crooned, "Fly me to the moon. Let me play among the stars," and for two companies, including one here in Texas, SpaceX granted that wish.
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.
Moon missions in 2025: Five missions will help astronauts return to the moon
NASA partners with private companies to search for lunar water ice, a key factor for future human exploration of the moon ...
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Firefly Aerospace to send up Blue Ghost to explore the moon
The Blue Ghost lunar lander stands about 6.6 feet tall (2 meters ... This hardware-in-the-loop testing, along with thousands of software simulations, ensure the system can identify the safest ...
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Cedar Park-based Firefly set to launch lunar lander early Wednesday morning
The lunar lander is currently powered off and locked ... Ambrose said the facility will allow them to do advanced research and simulations on landings and living on the moon and Mars.
We’re going back to the moon: Everything to know about NASA’s latest lunar lander mission
One week ago, a private lunar lander left the ground on a nearly 7-week journey to reach the surface of the moon. The ...
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Japanese company ispace plans for 2nd lunar mission attempt
The RESILIENCE lunar lander is 8.2 feet (2.5 meters ... they were able to update the software and run it through simulations that was beyond anything the first mission went through, he stated.