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Blue Ghost private lander reaches the Moon

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander makes it to the moon. What's next?

The landing precedes by just four days the planned arrival of a second uncrewed American spacecraft built and operated by Intuitive Machines. The space exploration company, also based in Texas, etched its name in the history books a year ago when its spacecraft,

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Sunrise on the moon captured by Blue Ghost spacecraft after NASA and Firefly Aerospace announce successful lunar landing

The Blue Ghost spacecraft has taken its first images of the lunar surface as Firefly Aerospace and NASA celebrate a successful moon landing.

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Blue Ghost private lander reaches the Moon intact

Having nailed its own landing, Blue Ghost will now spend a full lunar day (about two weeks) performing research operations, including “lunar subsurface drilling, sample collecti

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Firefly’s Blue Ghost Lander Is on the Moon. Here’s What to Expect Next

“Our Blue Ghost lunar lander now has a permanent home on the lunar surface.” Blue Ghost landed in Mare Crisium, the site of an ancient asteroid impact once filled with basaltic lava. The lander ...

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Intuitive Machines to launch 2nd lunar lander for NASA: 5 things to know about mission

Intuitive Machines etched its name in the history books a year ago when its spacecraft, Odysseus, became the first commercially-built lunar lander to ever make it to the moon. The lunar lander ...