Firefly Aerospace on Monday announced the conclusion of its Blue Ghost lunar lander mission, declaring it the first “fully successful” commercial operation on the moon.
"It has been an honor to enable science and technology experiments that support future missions to the moon, Mars and beyond.
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander captured high-definition images of the lunar sunset March 16, as lunar night would bring the robotic mission to an end.
Blue Ghost, a Texas-built lunar lander, sent its final message from the moon’s surface this week before powering down and concluding its historic journey. “Mission mode change detected, now in ...
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 lunar lander snapped incredible photographs of the March 13–14 total lunar eclipse, as seen from the moon ...
The spacecraft carried out the longest commercial operation on the moon to date—and also made history during its rare chance ...
The Blue Ghost lunar lander, operated by Firefly Aerospace from Texas, became the first commercial spacecraft to image an ...
The images reveal a phenomenon known as "lunar horizon glow," which is believed to be caused by charged lunar dust particles levitating due to solar radiation. This glow was first emerged in theory by ...
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander made the most of its last few hours of life on the moon. "These are the first high-definition images taken of the sun going down and then going into ...
Firefly Aerospace’s successful touchdown marks a new era of frequent commercial trips to the Moon, paving the way for a long-term human presence on the lunar surface. Before we get too ahead of ...
It’s lights out for the first private lunar lander to pull off a fully successful moon mission. Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander fell silent over the weekend, wrapping up two weeks of ...
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost moon lander is seen as bright pixel casting a shadow in the middle of the box in this photo, which was taken by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter on March 2 ...
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