After Lunar Disappointments, NASA Hits the Jackpot With Blue Ghost
Firefly Aerospace’s successful moon lander has yielded a trove of data that scientists will pore over for years.
A Lunar Lander’s Busy Day: Eclipse Photos and Rock Collecting
The spacecraft, about the size of a small car, conducted a series of experiments. It drilled three feet into the lunar soil, took X-ray images of the magnetic bubble that surrounds and protects Earth ...
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SpaceX Stands Behind Its Ambitious Lunar Timeline
Unlike Apollo—which used a single spacecraft comprising a mothership and lunar lander—Artemis III will see Orion dock with ...
Chinese scientists propose giant telescope on far side of moon to understand early cosmos
Array would leverage robotic and crewed lunar missions and China-led International Lunar Research Station set to take shape ...
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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.
NASA to continue analyzing data after completion of Firefly’s first moon mission
At the Johnson Space Center Tuesday, NASA and Firefly Aerospace held a news conference to discuss the successful Blue Ghost ...
NASA data analysis to continue after completion of Firefly’s first moon mission
At the Johnson Space Center Tuesday, NASA and Firefly Aerospace held a news conference to discuss the successful Blue Ghost ...
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Blue Ghost Lander Successfully Completes Historic Lunar Mission
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost commercial lander has gone dark on the moon as planned, but not before sending back ...
Blue Ghost lander captures stunning sunset shots on the moon before falling silent
A private lunar lander has captured the first high-definition sunset pictures from the moon. Firefly Aerospace and NASA ...
Blue Ghost Moon lander captures glow of lunar sunset after concluding successful mission
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander captured high-definition images of the lunar sunset March 16, as lunar night would ...
Here’s the secret to how Firefly was able to nail its first lunar landing
Firefly originally intended to develop a spacecraft based on the design of Israel's Beresheet lander, which was the first ...
The far side of the moon was once a vast magma ocean, Chinese lunar lander confirms
New findings from China's Chang'e 6 lunar farside samples offer insights into the moon's volcanic past and mantle evolution.