On its way to the moon, Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander has taken its first space pictures as it orbits Earth.

SpaceX launched Firefly’s lunar lander. The lander will take 45 days to reach the moon. It will land near a volcanic feature called Mons Latreille within Mare Crisium, on the northeast quadrant of the ...

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander is now headed for the moon after firing its engines to send it out of Earth orbit ...

The two lunar landers — Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost, and Resilience, built by the Japanese company ispace — lifted off aboard a SpaceX Falcon ... program. The lander is carrying 10 NASA ...

However, in lieu of a mass simulator, Astrobotic wanted to see if it could find a more useful payload. So as the company's ...

Image: SpaceX ... Resilience lander, on the other hand, will follow a much slower route to the Moon. After operating in an elliptical transfer orbit, the lander will conduct a lunar flyby ...

SpaceX to launch 2 private lunar landers in January Blue Ghost's 60-day mission from Earth to the moon will end about five hours after night falls on the lander's location. The spacecraft will ...

Type of craft: Lander and rover. Who's doing it?ispace, a Japanese lunar robotic exploration company. Launched: Jan. 15. Launch vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Launch site ...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from ... now in the hands of the unstoppable Firefly team." This is the first lunar lander built by Firefly, which got its start in the rocket business.

The Blue Ghost lunar lander from private US firm Firefly Aerospace and the Resilience spacecraft from Japanese company iSpace are set to take off in a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Resilience will also ...

Two private lunar ... lander's location. The spacecraft will preserve the last of its battery power to capture an image of the lunar sunset before powering down. Related: Double moon mission ...

The rocket's first stage came back to Earth as planned, touching down on ... weeks — a full lunar day — for its scientific and research operations. The solar-powered lander's 10 CLPS payloads ...