After Lunar Disappointments, NASA Hits the Jackpot With Blue Ghost
Firefly Aerospace’s successful moon lander has yielded a trove of data that scientists will pore over for years.
A Lunar Lander’s Busy Day: Eclipse Photos and Rock Collecting
The spacecraft, about the size of a small car, conducted a series of experiments. It drilled three feet into the lunar soil, took X-ray images of the magnetic bubble that surrounds and protects Earth ...
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These Space Companies Compete for Lucrative NASA Contracts—They Also Support Each Other
Firefly Aerospace and Intuitive Machines belong to a group of more than a dozen private companies vying to land lucrative ...
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Eclipse captured from moon's point of view as lander takes images during 'historic' event
In a caption on X accompanying the 14 March photo, Firefly Aerospace wrote: "BlueGhost" caught her first look at the solar eclipse from the Moon around 12.30 am CDT - notice the glowing ring of light ...
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Private lunar lander may have fallen over while landing near Moon’s south pole
A privately owned lunar lander has touched down on the Moon with a drill, drone and rovers for Nasa and other customers, but quickly ran into trouble and may have fallen over. Intuitive Machines ...
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Blue Ghost lander captured a solar eclipse while on the moon. See the stunning imagery here
The Blue Ghost lunar lander, which has been on the moon since the spacecraft’s successful touchdown on March 2, captured images of the sun, Earth and moon lined up at around 4:30 a.m. ET ...
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Wow! Private lunar lander watches 'diamond ring' eclipse from the surface of the moon (photo)
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander continues to beam home incredible imagery from the surface of the moon. Firefly Aerospace celebrated the milestone in the update, touting the new age of ...
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Wow! Blue Ghost Captures Total Lunar Eclipse from the Moon
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 Much of North and South America was treated ...
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Blue Origin’s Blue Moon lunar lander is on deck to deliver NASA payload to the moon
An artist’s conception shows the Blue Moon MK1 lander on the moon ... For years, Bezos has voiced a strong interest in lunar exploration. “It’s time to go back to the moon, but this ...
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Private lunar lander may have fallen over while touching down near the moon's south pole
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A privately owned lunar lander touched down on the moon with a drill, drone and rovers for NASA and other customers Thursday, but quickly ran into trouble and may have ...
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Lunar Lander Trips and Dies Inside South Pole Crater
Houston-based space company Intuitive Machines' Athena lunar lander isn't doing so hot. The lander made its attempt at a landing near the Moon's Mons Mouton, a flat-topped mountain roughly 100 ...
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Private lunar lander declared dead after crashing in moon's South Pole crater
A Texas company's privately owned lunar lander was deemed non-functional after landing off-target sideways in a crater close to the Moon's south pole, the firm said on Friday. The mission to drop ...