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Blue Ghost spacecraft makes second-ever commercial landing on the moon
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander launched on 15 January atop a SpaceX rocket and spent 45 days travelling to the moon. It landed on 2 March at 8.34am GMT, settling in a spot at Mare Crisium, a ...
U.S. company Firefly Aerospace just landed on the moon with its Blue Ghost spacecraft
Blue Ghost, an unmanned spacecraft sent by the Texas-based Firefly Aerospace, has just landed on the moon. The lunar landing ...
Firefly Releases Stunning Footage of Blue Ghost Landing on the Moon
The mission, aptly named “Ghost Riders in the Sky,” touched down in Mare Crisium, a large impact site filled with basaltic lava on the Moon. Blue Ghost pulled off a precision landing, touching down ...
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There are 3 private lunar landers headed to the moon right now — a 1st in space history
With the launch of Intuitive Machines' Athena spacecraft atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket last night (Feb. 27), three lunar landers are currently on their way to the moon. Such a surge of exploration has ...
A Private Space Mission Just Successfully Landed on the Moon for the First Time
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 has touched down successfully, and marks a key milestone in NASA’s quest to have ...
Firefly’s Blue Ghost Lander Is on the Moon. Here’s What to Expect Next
Firefly Aerospace’s successful touchdown marks a new era of frequent commercial trips to the Moon, paving the way for a long-term human presence on the lunar surface. Before we get too ahead of ...
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Commercial lunar lander Athena heading to the moon with a drill, rover and rocket-powered "hopper" to search for ice
Another privately-built moon lander, Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost, was launched by a Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket on Jan. 15 and is on course to land on the moon early Sunday. Touching down near the ...
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A second Intuitive Machines spacecraft just landed on the moon — and probably tipped over
Intuitive Machines has landed ... trip to the moon. The rest of Athena’s mission now hangs in the balance. The spacecraft, which took off for the moon aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on February ...
Intuitive Machines embarks on second moon landing mission with Athena lander
Intuitive Machines' second moon lander was launched on Wednesday atop a SpaceX rocket, setting off for the latest private U.S. moonshot one year after the company's first attempt ended early with a ...
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Water on the moon? IM-2 mission set to launch atop SpaceX rocket from KSC, headed to moon
The lander will launch atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. If all goes well, Intuitive Machines 2 (IM-2) would land on the moon around March 6 in area known as Mons Mouton. On its way to the moon ...
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SpaceX just launched another mission to the moon
SpaceX launches Intuitive Machines' IM-2 mission to the moon. SpaceX SpaceX has successfully ... March 6. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the uncrewed lunar lander lifted off from Launch Complex ...