Private Blue Ghost moon lander captures amazing footage of Earth behind and lunar surface below (video)
Blue Ghost is aiming to become the second private lander to successfully soft-land on the moon, just over a year after Intuitive Machines' Odysseus lander. If all goes well, the solar-powered spacecraft will operate on the surface of the moon for one lunar day, or about 14 Earth days, with lunar sunset expected to bring an end to the mission.
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A US company successfully landed its spacecraft on the Moon on Sunday, marking only the second private mission to achieve the milestone – and the first to do so upright.
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.
Private Lunar Lander Blue Ghost Touches Down on the Moon With a Special Delivery for NASA
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander descended from lunar orbit on autopilot, aiming for the slopes of an ancient volcanic dome in an impact basin on the moon’s northeastern edge of the near side. Confirmation of touchdown came from the company's Mission Control outside Austin,
Blue Ghost successfully lands on moon — and more private lunar missions are coming
A private lunar lander carrying a drill, vacuum and other experiments for NASA touched down on the moon Sunday, the latest in a string of companies looking to kickstart business on Earth’s celestial neighbor ahead of astronaut missions.
'Literally, figuratively over the moon': Firefly's Blue Ghost lands on lunar surface
The Blue Ghost lunar lander successfully touched down on the surface of the moon early Sunday morning, kicking off a two-week research mission and marking the latest lunar landing by a private U.S. company.
Firefly’s Blue Ghost lander successfully touched down on the moon
Blue Ghost and the NASA instruments it’s carrying are expected to remain in operation for about 14 Earth days. After that, lunar night will begin. If all goes as planned, the lander will capture images in the leadup to lunar night and a few hours after darkness falls,
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