Blue Ghost moon lander lowers its orbit

Blue Ghost moon lander lowers its orbit to fly closer to the lunar surface (video)
There's a lot less sky and a lot more moon in view for Firefly Aerospace's "Ghost Riders in the Sky" mission.
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander snaps its 1st photos of the moon (images)
On Monday (Jan. 27), Texas-based Firefly released two photos of the moon that Blue Ghost captured from Earth orbit. One shows the natural satellite all alone, a small grayish dot in an empty black sea; the other is a selfie, showing the moon glowing above some of Blue Ghost's golden hardware.
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost spacecraft captures a view of the far side of the moon
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost spacecraft captured a stunning view of the far side of the moon, which is the side that faces away from Earth.
Blue Ghost Lowers Orbit and Snaps Rare Views of the Moon’s Far Side
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost fired its engines early in the morning of February 18, marking the latest stage in its 45-day long trip to the Moon. The engine burn, which started at 3:09 a.m. ET and lasted three minutes and 18 seconds,
Firefly’s Blue Ghost captures stunning footage of lunar surface
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost spacecraft has captured some stunning footage from 75 miles (120 kilometers) above the lunar surface.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox
'Goodbye Earth, hello moon': What Blue Ghost lander has been up to in NASA mission
"trans lunar injection." Then on Thursday, the lander, named Blue Ghost, fired its engines for four minutes to propel the spacecraft beyond Earth’s orbit toward the moon. The engine burn was the most challenging the lander had conducted with its main engine and thrusters since launching Jan.
MUST SEE: Spacecraft captures amazing footage of far side of the moon
In the must-see video above, a Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost spacecraft has captured a stunning view of the far side of the moon, the side that faces away from Earth.
Firefly Aerospace lunar lander captures view from Moon's far side
This video taken by Firefly's Blue Ghost lunar lander shows the far side of the Moon from about 75 miles above the surface. Blue Ghost is set to touch down on the Moon in early March.
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Athena, Next U.S. Commercial Moon Lander, Is Set for Spectacular Lunar Science
As the U.S. and China ramp up their 21st-century race to land humans on the moon, it’s easy to overlook another aspect of lunar exploration that in many respects has become a “no contest ...
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We’re going back to the moon: Everything to know about NASA’s latest lunar lander mission
One week ago, a private lunar lander left the ground on a nearly 7-week journey to reach the surface of the moon. The launch may not have had the headline-grabbing power of last year's historic ...
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The Blue Ghost Lunar Lander Is Now Orbiting the Moon, Taking Dazzling Photographs
NASA's Blue Ghost lunar lander has arrived at the moon and is now orbiting ... the lander took a selfie of itself with Earth in the background. It's not every day we see a selfie containing ...
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Watch Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost moon lander witness an eclipse from space (video)
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost moon lander is on its way to the moon. On Tuesday (Jan. 20), NASA released an update about one of the 10 scientific payloads the agency is sending to the moon on ...
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2 privately built moon landers carried into space by SpaceX rocket
If no major problems ... drill into the soil below the lander, monitor background X-ray emissions, test whether Earth-orbiting navigation satellites can be used near the moon and the ...
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Blue Ghost lunar lander is documenting its journey to the moon. The views are breathtaking
(CNN) — 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.
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Welcome to the moon! Firefly's Blue Ghost lander reaches lunar orbit (video, photos)
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander has made it to the moon. Blue Ghost fired its engines for four minutes and 15 seconds on Thursday (Feb. 13), injecting itself into an elliptical lunar orbit ...