'Goodnight friends': Blue Ghost lander signs off after historic moon mission
Blue Ghost, a Texas-built lunar lander, sent its final message home from the moon’s surface Sunday before powering down and ...
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 block the Sun from an unexplored location on the Moon, but the lander fell ...
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Blue Ghost spacecraft makes second-ever commercial landing on the moon
The second-ever commercial landing on the moon comes amid a flurry of lunar exploration activity that will see around a dozen ...
'Y'all stuck the landing': Blue Ghost lander touches down on the moon.
Initial data shows Blue Ghost touched down within its 100-meter landing target next to the Mons Latreille, a volcanic feature in the Mare Crisium, a large basin on the near-side of the moon. Firefly ...
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Firefly’s Blue Ghost lander nails lunar mission
Astronomy contributor and lunar expert Robert Reeves looks back on a Texas-sized achievement in Moon exploration.
Secrets of new space race from dark death speech to astronauts who can't walk
Splashing down into the ocean , it was a pod of curious dolphins who first greeted Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore as the ...
Here’s a look at moon landing hits and misses
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Landing a spacecraft on the moon has long been a series of hits and misses. The latest casualty ...
‘We’re on the Moon!’ Private spaceship Blue Ghost celebrates lunar landing
The mission, in partnership with Nasa, landed at 8.34am UK time on a dark basaltic plain called the Mare Crisium, or the Sea of Crises, near a solitary lunar mountain called Mons Latreille. Cheers ...
NASA Footage Shows A Moon Landing Like Never Before
Although no easy feat, Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander descended in a controlled fashion, and without mishap, to the lunar surface on March 2, becoming the first commercial spacecraft to have a ...
Athena lunar lander makes it to the moon — but its condition remains unknown
Mission controllers were able to confirm that Athena lunar lander made it to the moon, but they do not know the status of the spacecraft.
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Texas company pulls off first fully successful commercial landing on the moon
The jets pulsed as needed to control velocity and orientation before slowing the craft to just 2.2 ... surface contact sensors on Blue Ghost's shock-absorbing landing legs indicated they were ...
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How to Watch Firefly’s Blue Ghost Attempt Its Historic Moon Landing
Once a suitable landing spot is identified, Blue Ghost will use its engines to ... Intuitive Machine’s Athena is the third lunar-bound craft. It launched on February 26 alongside NASA ...