History-making Blue Ghost lunar lander sends one last message from the moon
Firefly Aerospace on Monday announced the conclusion of its Blue Ghost lunar lander mission, declaring it the first “fully ...
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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Farewell, Blue Ghost! Private moon lander goes dark to end record-breaking commercial lunar mission
"It has been an honor to enable science and technology experiments that support future missions to the moon, Mars and beyond.
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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.
Private lunar lander Blue Ghost falls silent on the moon after a 2-week mission
It's lights out for the first private lunar lander to pull off a fully successful moon mission. Firefly Aerospace's Blue ...
Firefly Bids Farewell to Its Lunar Lander After 14 Days on the Moon
In addition to these payloads, Texas-based Firefly performed some work of its own on the Moon. Blue Ghost captured a total ...
Moon Lander’s Journey to Lunar Surface Ends With Uncertainty
Intuitive Machines, a Houston company aiming to repeat a 2024 landing, said its spacecraft, Athena, has power and is ...
Firefly’s moon lander ends successful mission
Firefly Aerospace managed to stay upright when it landed on the moon two weeks ago and announced Monday it had completed its ...
Athena lander 'on her side' on moon's surface, ending mission in similar fashion to first launch
Intuitive Machines announced its second mission to the moon has ended after Athena, its lunar lander, fell 'on her side.' ...
Yes, we are about to be treated to a second lunar landing in a week
It was not until February 22, 2024, that another American-built spacecraft made a soft landing on the Moon. This was the Nova ...
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'We're disappointed in the outcome': NASA shares photo of sideways Intuitive Machines moon lander, which died 12 hours after touchdown
The second moon landing attempt by Texas-based Intuitive Machines has ended much like the first, with its Athena lander ...
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Private lunar lander may have fallen over while touching down near the moon's south pole
A privately owned lunar ... lander. It still managed to operate briefly, ending America’s moon-landing drought of more than 50 years. Until then, the U.S. had not landed on the moon since Apollo ...