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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Firefly Aerospace On its way to the moon, Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander has taken its first space pictures as it orbits Earth. The Texas-based company has been sharing the ...

Another one, called the Lunar-g Combustion Investigation, studied "how materials catch fire in the moon's gravity compared to Earth's," Blue Origin wrote. "The findings will help NASA and its ...

But some scientists believe only ice – thought to be preserved deep in craters on the moon’s far side – could potentially support future lunar missions as a water source for astronauts.