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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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.
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A rare sunrise solar eclipse and a different look at Venus: Sky Watch
These next two weeks bring us a potentially thrilling partial eclipse of the sun and amazing sights of Venus in its once-every-eight-years steepest departure from the evening sky.