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The Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost lander on the moon was captured by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Credit: Space.com | ...
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Interesting Engineering on MSNFirefly’s $177M NASA mission to deliver rovers and sensors to Moon’s south pole
Firefly Aerospace will deliver five payloads to the Moon’s south pole in 2029 using its Blue Ghost lander and Elytra orbital ...
Company’s fourth lunar mission and fifth NASA CLPS award utilizes Firefly’s Elytra orbital vehicle and Blue Ghost lunar ...
One of those investigations involved a distinctive deep dive into studying the interior of the moon.
NASA's Stereo Cameras for Lunar-Plume Surface Studies (SCALPSS) captured the landing of Firefly's Blue Ghost landing on the ...
"Our Blue Ghost lunar lander now has a permanent home on the lunar surface with 10 NASA payloads and a plaque with every Firefly employee's name," Jason Kim, Firefly CEO, said in a statement.
But Blue Ghost and its suite of scientific instruments were intended to land elsewhere, said Dr. Nicola Fox, associate administrator for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate.
Blue Ghost, the "little lander" from Firefly Aerospace that's headed to the moon, has captured the littlest lunar eclipse ever (as well as our hearts). Firefly contracted SpaceX to launch the ...
Blue Ghost has been orbiting Earth since January 15, when the lander hitched a ride on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The lunar spacecraft is expected to leave Earth’s orbit in about one week, embarking on ...
Blue Ghost — named after a rare U.S. species of fireflies — had its size and shape going for it. The squat four-legged lander stands 6-foot-6 tall and 11 feet wide, providing extra stability ...
The Blue Ghost lander touched down on the moon's surface at 3:34 a.m. ET on Sunday, March 2, coming in for a soft landing and touching down safely and upright with its payload of science ...
Now, the Blue Ghost will continue its 25-day orbit of Earth before undertaking a four-day journey to the moon, aiming to enter lunar orbit in early March.
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