Blue Ghost Lunar Lander Is Now Headed to the Moon

The Blue Ghost Lunar Lander Is Now Headed to the Moon: Here's What to Know
Blue Ghost's main mission will be research. It will hang out in Earth's orbit for 25 days taking measurements and waiting for the right time to fling itself to the moon. After four days in transit, Blue Ghost will spend 16 days in lunar orbit collecting more data before descending to Mare Crisium, one of the largest basins on the moon.
Russia's Luna-25 Lunar Lander Crashed In Moon, Ending Mission
Russia's first lunar lander mission in 47 years ended in failure when Luna-25 crashed into the moon. Credit: Space.com | footage and animation courtesy: Roscosmos | edited by Steve Spaleta
Texas-based Firefly's lunar lander among 2 headed to moon after being launched by SpaceX
Frank Sinatra once crooned, "Fly me to the moon. Let me play among the stars," and for two companies, including one here in Texas, SpaceX granted that wish.
Two lunar landers are on the way to the Moon after SpaceX’s double moonshot
The two robotic lunar landers —one from Firefly Aerospace based near Austin, Texas, and another from the Japanese space company ispace—will use their own small engines for the final maneuvers required to enter orbit around the Moon in the coming months.
Firefly’s Blue Ghost Mission Reveals Stunning First Image on Path to the Moon
In a significant leap for lunar exploration, Firefly Aerospace's recent mission launched 10 NASA instruments towards the Moon, with successful initial operations reported. Key technologies demonstrate effective performance as they transmit preliminary data back to Earth,
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Here's Every Major US Space Launch Scheduled in 2025
The first big launch belongs to SpaceX, which is sending its Blue Ghost lunar lander to the moon in January 2025. It's set to ...
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FireFly Aerospace's Blue Ghost is on its way to the moon: What to know about NASA mission
For the third time in a year, a commercial lunar lander backed by NASA is on its way to the moon's surface. The spacecraft built and operated by Texas-based Firefly Aerospace launched in the early ...
What is the MoonHouse? SpaceX and ispace to put artist's tiny house on the moon
It took a quarter of a century, but artist Mikael Genberg may finally see his dream realized: a red Swedish house, on the ...
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The next leg of the new moon race is about to kick off — and it could be the most exciting yet
Firefly is making its first attempt to put a vehicle on the moon, but this mission marks a second try for Ispace, after its first lander crashed and blasted a divot in the lunar surface in 2023.
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SpaceX Launches Japanese and Texas Lunar Landers to the Moon
The launch marks ispace's second attempt after its first lander crashed in 2022. The new mission carries a rover designed to collect lunar soil samples and test for potential water and food ...