Both NASA and Firefly Aerospace say Blue Ghost remains healthy as it prepares to make for lunar orbit sometime next month.
Blue Ghost, a lunar lander carrying 10 NASA instruments, successfully executed its first main engine burn as part of its ...
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a pair of lunar landers into space early Wednesday, sending Firefly Aerospace's ...
Firefly's "Blue Moon" and ispace's "Resilience" are the latest in an ongoing push to gain private-sector experience exploring ...
Earth won't experience another Blue Moon until 2026. Here we explore this phenomenon in more detail. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...
It is one of the quietest and also the a rather bright moon, shining as early as 7pm in the evening. The phrase ‘Once in a blue moon’ actually comes from a ‘blue moon’ that occasionally ...
The Blue Ghost lander will carry 10 NASA science and technology instruments to the lunar surface to further understand the Moon and help prepare for future human missions. NASA/Frank Michaux A ...
The landers are taking very different routes to the moon. Blue Ghost is expected to spend about 25 days in Earth orbit, giving Firefly engineers time to thoroughly check out the craft's ...
“Each flight we’re part of is vital step in the larger blueprint to establish a responsible, sustained human presence at the Moon, Mars and beyond." The lander, dubbed "Blue Ghost," hitched a ...
The mission featured two robotic lunar landers: one from Texas-based Firefly Aerospace and another from the Japanese space ...
While SpaceX is not the sole new launch company, it has set the pace for reducing the cost and increasing the reliability of space launches.
Among them, Texas-based Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost, which is on a 45-day journey to the moon. Blue Ghost launched at 1:11 am EST and has a target landing date of March 2, 2025. The 6 feet ...