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Firefly punches NASA moon ticket with overnight SpaceX launch
A SpaceX mission set to lift off overnight marks a first for Firefly Aerospace under NASA’s plans to build up American companies to support its lunar goals. A Falcon 9 targeting a 1:11 a.m, liftoff Wednesday from KSC’s Launch Pad 39-A is carrying the Cedar Park,
Watch Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost moon lander witness an eclipse from space (video)
Both NASA and Firefly Aerospace say Blue Ghost remains healthy as it prepares to make for lunar orbit sometime next month.
Firefly’s Lunar Lander Captures Haunting Earth Eclipse From Space
On January 18, the team at Firefly carried out Blue Ghost’s first engine burn, firing up the lander’s thrusters and main engines in space for the first time. The engine burn brought the spacecraft closer to Earth in preparation for its upcoming maneuvers.
Firefly Aerospace's, NASA successfully launch Blue Ghost lunar lander to moon
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander launched at 1:11 a.m. Wednesday from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on the SpaceX rocket before separating an hour later. The lunar lander — part of a mission known as Blue Ghost Mission 1 or Ghost Riders in the Sky — will spend 45 days in orbit and 14 days on the surface of the moon.
Here's what NASA is sending to the moon on Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander
Firefly Aerospace's first mission to the moon is poised to launch in the early morning hours on Jan. 15. The company's Blue Ghost lunar lander is sharing a payload bay with another mission to the moon's surface,
A moon-bound spacecraft snaps footage of Earth eclipsing the sun
En route to land on the moon, a spacecraft snapped views of Earth eclipsing the sun. The Blue Ghost lunar lander, built by the Texas-based company Firefly Aerospace for NASA, launched to space on Jan.
See a stunning view of a eclipse in space captured by the Blue Ghost mission
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost mission to the moon has captured stunning video of the Earth eclipsing the sun, as seen from space.
We’re going back to the moon: Everything to know about NASA’s latest lunar lander mission
For the past week, an uncrewed lunar lander has been journeying through outer space on a 60-day mission to the moon on behalf ...
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WATCH: Firefly's Blue Ghost lander to carry 10 NASA science investigations: Set to launch Wednesday morning
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost Mission 1 is targeting launch early Wednesday morning carrying 10 NASA investigations to the ...
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NASA’s CLPS program accelerates as two landers head...
Two commercial lunar landers are currently on their way to the Moon, and at least two more are set to follow this year under NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative. Meanwhile, ...
5 NASA lunar missions in 2025 that will help astronauts return to the moon in 2027
NASA partners with private companies to search for lunar water ice, a key factor for future human exploration of the moon ...
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SpaceX launches two moon missions in one fell swoop
The uncrewed mission marks Firefly’s first foray into sending a spacecraft to the lunar surface. The company is a contractor for NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services, or CLPS, which is ...
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Two lunar missions: Firefly Blue Ghost and ispace lander launch from Kennedy Space Center
Julianna Scheiman, director of NASA science missions at SpaceX, described the Blue Ghost mission as “one step closer to making life multiplanetary". What's in a Name: Firefly's Blue Ghost on ...
A Private US Spacecraft Headed to the Moon Captures a Glorious View of Earth
A private U.S. spacecraft bound for the moon has captured stunning images of Earth one week into its flight. Still circling ...