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One of those investigations involved a distinctive deep dive into studying the interior of the moon.
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The Earth eclipses the moon in this time-lapsed view from Firefly's Blue Ghost moon lander. Credit: Firefly Aerospace ...
Built by Firefly Aerospace, a startup in Texas, Blue Ghost was launched from Earth in January and pulled into orbit around the moon in mid-February. A couple of weeks later, it took this video ...
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Nicknamed “ Ghost Riders in the Sky,” the mission was the first for Blue Ghost, a 330-pound lander that’s nearly 12 feet wide and 7 feet tall. It’s named for a species of firefly found in ...
Firefly’s Blue Ghost lander’s first look at the solar eclipse as it began to emerge from its Mare Crisium landing site on March 14 at 5:30 AM UTC. (Credit: Firefly Aerospace) After recently ...
On the night of March 13, as Earth’s shadow covered the moon in a total lunar eclipse, Blue Ghost turned its cameras back toward Earth.
The Blue Ghost lunar lander, operated by Firefly Aerospace from Texas, was able capture the phenomenon between Thursday night and Friday morning while stationed on the moon's Earth-facing side.
A view from the Blue Ghost lander on the moon taken on March 14 around 3:30 A.M. CDT, showing the sun about to emerge from totality behind Earth.
That record continued to rise during Blue Ghost’s journey over the ensuing days, peaking at 243,000 miles from Earth after reaching lunar orbit on February 20.
The Blue Ghost lander touched down on the lunar surface near Mons Latreille, in the Mare Crisium basin. This region, rich in geological features, offers an ideal terrain for the planned scientific ...