Private Blue Ghost lander spotted on the moon by NASA lunar orbiter (photo)
Blue Ghost successfully landed on the moon on Sunday (March 2), touching down in Mare Crisium ("Sea of Crises") — a large impact basin about 345 miles (555 kilometers) wide. The spacecraft sits near a volcanic cone called Mons Latreille within the basin, which is located in the northeast region of the moon's near side.
Firefly’s Blue Ghost lander successfully touches down on the moon
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander successfully made a soft touchdown near an ancient volcanic feature on the moon’s near side early Sunday morning.
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.
Texas Startup Successfully Lands Spacecraft on Moon Surface
Firefly Aerospace successfully landed its first robotic spacecraft on the moon on Sunday in partnership with NASA, marking the second time a commercial lander has pulled off the feat as more companies attempt to reach the lunar surface ahead of future human landings.
Blue Ghost lander captured a solar eclipse while on the moon. See the stunning imagery here
While parts of the Earth saw a total lunar eclipse, the Blue Ghost lunar lander captured stunning imagery of a solar eclipse on Friday. See the rare view here.
'Literally, figuratively over the moon': Firefly's Blue Ghost lands on lunar surface
“Firefly is literally and figuratively over the moon,” said Jason Kim, the CEO of Firefly Aerospace in a statement. "Our Blue Ghost lunar lander now has a permanent home on the lunar surface with 10 NASA payloads and a plaque with every Firefly employee’s name."
Incredible video of solar eclipse seen from the moon shows red-soaked lunar surface
While last night on Earth we got a lunar eclipse, the Blue Ghost lander on the moon saw the opposite - a solar eclipse.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox
Wow! Blue Ghost Captures Total Lunar Eclipse from the Moon
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 lunar lander snapped incredible photographs of the March 13–14 total lunar eclipse, as seen from the moon
What did the eclipse look like from the moon's surface? See photos taken by lunar lander
The Blue Ghost lunar lander, operated by Firefly Aerospace from Texas, became the first commercial spacecraft to image an eclipse from the moon.
Lunar lander snaps mesmerizing views of a solar eclipse
Its primary objective following the March 2 touchdown inside Mare Crisium crater was to deliver 10 NASA instruments designed to gather lunar subsurface data. But the eastern edge of the moon’s near east side also provided a perfect spot for viewing a solar eclipse from the moon’s point of view.
Firefly’s Blue Ghost lander snapped an incredible pic of a solar eclipse from the Moon
Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar lander has snapped a gorgeous photo of a solar eclipse from the Moon in which Earth covers up most of the Sun, leaving only the so-called diamond ring effect. It also looks nearly identical to the logo of the early 2000s genre show Heroes.
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Private spacecraft Blue Ghost lands on Moon
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Private spacecraft lands on Moon - but may be on its side
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Tipped again: Commercial lander on the moon but not upright
Intuitive Machines looks to park its Athena lunar lander on the moon’s south pole on Thursday on a mission with NASA payloads.
Elon Musk's Starship blew up again — and our prospects of mining the moon hang in the balance
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New Analysis of Apollo Lunar Samples Reveals Dual Origins of Moon Water
Scientists studying Apollo lunar mission samples uncovered evidence of a dual heritage for lunar water, tracing back to Earth ...
NASA successfully acquires GPS signals on moon
NASA and the Italian Space Agency made history on March 3 when the Lunar GNSS Receiver Experiment (LuGRE) became the first ...