2 days ago · Blue Ghost captured Earth eclipsing the Sun from Blue Ghost’s top deck. This timelapse is another incredible postcard moment on our trip to the Moon. January 20, 2025: Ongoing Data Downlinks. Firefly is five days into the Ghost Riders in the Sky mission, and Blue Ghost has traveled 22,000 miles while downlinking 1.4 GB of data thus far. While ...

5 days ago · The Blue Ghost lunar mission has captured a gorgeous image of Earth as it ramps up its journey toward the moon. ... Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar lander captures the Blue Marble while in Earth ...

6 days ago · Blue Ghost was designed to operate on the surface of the moon for one lunar day, or about two Earth weeks. Then, the sun will set on the moon and the lander's batteries will deplete within a few ...

3 days ago · Unlike Earth, the Moon lacks an atmosphere to slow incoming spacecraft. Last year, a Japanese craft crash-landed on the Moon and lost contact. Blue Ghost Aims to be the First Lunar Sunset Photographer

6 days ago · Dubbed Blue Ghost, the spacecraft beamed back photos and video of the Blue Marble, our planet. The Texas company released the images Friday. It carries experiments for NASA, part of the space agency’s effort to return astronauts to the moon this decade. Blue Ghost is one of two lunar landers launched from Florida by SpaceX on Jan. 15.

3 days ago · Firefly Aerospace‘s Blue Ghost lander, a private spacecraft commissioned by NASA to deliver experiments to the Moon, is currently orbiting Earth as it prepares for its maiden lunar landing.During its journey, the uncrewed lander captured a breathtaking image of our planet, giving us a fresh view of the famous “Blue Marble” from space.

2 days ago · On Monday (Jan. 27), Texas-based Firefly released two photos of the moon that Blue Ghost captured from Earth orbit. One shows the natural satellite all alone, a small grayish dot in an empty black ...

3 days ago · Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Jan. 15, carrying 10 NASA payloads to the Moon.. About a week after launch, the spacecraft looked back on Earth during its second Earth-orbit burn, capturing the "Blue Marble" from where it came from.. In the next few years, NASA astronauts will have a similar view of Earth in the ...

6 days ago · Still circling Earth, Firefly Aerospace’s lunar lander fired its thrusters Thursday to put it on a path to reach the moon in over a month. Dubbed Blue Ghost, the spacecraft beamed back photos ...

5 days ago · Blue Ghost is one of two lunar landers launched from Florida by SpaceX on Jan. 15. It's targeting a moon touchdown on March 2. ... The company also shared a short clip of Earth as seen during Blue ...