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The Blue Ghost lunar lander has captured its first images of the moon from the spacecraft’s orbit around Earth, the Texas-based company Firefly Aerospace announced this week. The two images ...

Blue Origin is now targeting Tuesday (Feb. 4) for its first-ever moon-gravity mission. The company first tried to launch the NS-29 mission of its New Shepard suborbital vehicle on Jan. 28 ...

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost moon lander is on its way to the moon. The Blue Ghost lander completed its first main engine burn during its journey to the lunar surface, which is expected to take ...

The Blue Ghost lunar lander has captured its first images of the moon from the spacecraft’s orbit around Earth, the Texas-based company Firefly Aerospace announced this week. The two images — which ...

Blue Origin's famed New Shepard spacecraft successfully simulated the moon's low gravity on board its capsule during a brief flight Tuesday morning over West Texas. Video of the uncrewed launch ...

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. It will take 45 days for Firefly's Blue Ghost on its cruise to the moon. According to Firefly, this will allow for health checks and the ...

Private space company Firefly is guiding its Blue Ghost lander through space to attempt its first moon landing March 2, 2025. Credit: Firefly Aerospace A robotic spacecraft has beamed home crisp ...

Previously, the moon’s gravity could only be simulated for a few seconds at a time at NASA's zero-gravity research facility or for about 20 seconds during parabolic flights. Blue Origin ...

Carrying a suite of NASA-sourced scientific instruments, Blue Ghost will then make a run at the moon. The mission is flying under the U.S. space agency’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS ...