Private Blue Ghost lander spotted on the moon by NASA lunar orbiter (photo)
Touch down on the moon with private Blue Ghost lander in this amazing video
See the Striking New Images From the Blue Ghost Lunar Lander, Now the Second Private Spacecraft to Touch Down on the Moon
The commercially and privately constructed Athena spacecraft landed on the moon Thursday, the second such device to do so in a week.
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter managed to capture a photo of Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander on the surface of the Moon, in a stunning instance of the orbiter’s surveillance power.
Watch Historic Moment as Blue Ghost Executes Perfect Moon Landing on Interesting Engineering. Explore the latest in technology!
The mission, aptly named “Ghost Riders in the Sky,” touched down in Mare Crisium, a large impact site filled with basaltic lava on the Moon. Blue Ghost pulled off a precision landing, touching down within a 328-foot (100-meter) target next to a volcanic feature called Mons Latreille.
Firefly Aerospace released video of the Blue Ghost lunar lander as it made its final descent and touched down on the surface of the moon.
Texas-based Firefly Aerospace, the second private-sector company to soft-land a spacecraft on the moon, released stunning footage from the Blue Ghost’s touchdown on Sunday.
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost has landed on the Moon, delivering NASA’s technology for a 14-day mission. The lander has already achieved deep-space navigation breakthroughs and will now test lunar drilling,
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