Blue Ghost Moon Landing: Firefly Aerospace's Spacecraft Lands on Moon's Mare Crisium Successfully
NASA's Blue Ghost Mission I is set for a historic Moon landing today. Stay tuned for the latest live updates on this groundbreaking lunar mission and more at republicworld.com
Moment Blue Ghost spacecraft landed on the Moon
Newly released-footage shows the moment Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost became the first commercial spacecraft to successfully land on the Moon. It touched down in the Mare Crisium basin, located in the north-east quadrant of the Moon, on 2 March.
Astro Bob: Touchdown! Blue Ghost lands on the moon
Blue Ghost runs on solar power, the reason it will only operate for two weeks. Shortly after the sun sets at its location, the temperature will drop rapidly (the moon is essentially airless), plummeting to as low as 300 degrees below zero during the two-week-long lunar night.
Firefly’s picture-perfect Moon landing shows the way for lunar exploration
The lunar lander, called Blue Ghost, settled onto the Moon's surface at 2:34 am CST (3:34 am EST; 08:34 UTC). A few dozen engineers in Firefly's mission control room monitored real-time data streaming down from a quarter-million miles away.
Firefly’s Blue Ghost successfully landed on Moon
First image captured by Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar lander, taken shortly after confirmation of a successful landing at Mare Crisium on the Moon’s near side. This is the second lunar delivery of NASA science and tech instruments as part of the agency’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative.
TOUCHDOWN! Firefly’s Blue Ghost Lands on Moon On NASA Science and Technology Mission
Carrying a suite of NASA science and technology, Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 successfully landed at 3:34 a.m. EST on Sunday
Firefly Aerospace's unmanned 'Blue Ghost' lands on moon with NASA tools
Texas-based Firefly Aerospace's "Blue Ghost" landed on the Earth-facing side of moon with 10 NASA instruments.
Touch down on the moon with private Blue Ghost lander in this amazing video
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost spacecraft chronicled its moon landing on Sunday morning (March 2), capturing stunning footage of its landmark descent.
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.
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,
US firm Firefly scores its first moon landing with Blue Ghost spacecraft
The four-legged Blue Ghost carried 10 scientific payloads as it touched down near an ancient volcanic vent on Mare Crisium, a large basin in the northeast corner of the moon's Earth-facing side.
A new company just stamped its name on the moon
Moon landings were once exclusive to government agencies, but Firefly Aerospace is now the second company to do it.
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