Six weeks, three moon landers: The era of private space exploration is here
Moon exploration is undergoing a potentially transformative moment. Over the course of six weeks, three different lunar landers began a rocket-fueled space journey to learn more about Earth’s nearest ...
History-making Blue Ghost lunar lander sends one last message from the moon
Firefly Aerospace on Monday announced the conclusion of its Blue Ghost lunar lander mission, declaring it the first “fully ...
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 ...
Here’s the secret to how Firefly was able to nail its first lunar landing
The Blue Ghost spacecraft, named for a species of firefly, took eclipse chasing to new heights. Not only did it see the Earth ...
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Moon Lander’s Journey to Lunar Surface Ends With Uncertainty
Images from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, which will pass over the landing site, could pinpoint Athena’s precise location. It has been a busy week in spaceflight and on the moon.
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander makes it to the moon. What's next?
The Blue Ghost lunar lander, managed by Texas company Firefly Aerospace, touched down Sunday morning on the moon's near side.
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'Y'all stuck the landing': Blue Ghost lander touches down on the moon.
“Y’all stuck the landing. We’re on the moon,” the ... With the difficult journey to the moon is done, the hard work of keeping the craft healthy as it performs its NASA experiments now ...
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Intuitive Machines’ Athena Lander Launches on Journey to the Moon
(If the launch occurs on a different day, the trajectory changes, and the journey could be as long ... and is expected to arrive at the moon in May. Its landing site is near the center of Mare ...
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Private company rockets toward the moon in the latest rush of lunar landing attempts
It’s taking a fast track to the moon — with a landing on March 6 — while hoping to avoid the fate of its predecessor, which tipped over at touchdown. Never before have so many spacecraft ...
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 ...
Private lunar lander Blue Ghost falls silent on the moon after a 2-week mission
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander fell silent over the weekend, wrapping up two weeks of science experiments for NASA.
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A company is returning to the moon. Here's how it will avoid tipping again
When Intuitive Machines' Odysseus lander touched down on the moon in 2024, landing gear had broken off ... as the Houston-based company seeks to repeat the journey, its executives say they've ...