Firefly Releases Stunning Footage of Blue Ghost Landing on the Moon
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.
Blue Ghost Lunar Mission Sticks Its Landing on the Moon
Once it arrived, the lander took plenty of pictures of our nearest celestial neighbor. From here, Blue Ghost will spend the next two weeks in lunar orbit, awaiting its chance to land and start performing its various experiments. The expected landing date is March 2.
MAPP, built by the Colorado company Lunar Outpost, will touch down aboard Intuitive Machines' Athena lander at 12:32 p.m. ET ...
Intuitive Machines' Athena could be the second U.S. spacecraft to land on the moon in a week after Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost made it Sunday.
Intuitive Machines aims for second lunar touchdown with cutting-edge technology, facing competition and NASA speculation.
Intuitive Machines sent final commands to its uncrewed Athena spacecraft on Thursday as it closed in on a landing spot near ...
Landing on the moon is hard, but Intuitive Machines will try for a gentle touchdown of its IM-2 Athena lander packed with rovers, a drone and a NASA moon drill.
The destination is Mons Mouton, one of NASA 's potential landing locations for its Artemis astronauts. Intuitive Machines ' ...
March 4 (UPI) -- Japanese lunar exploration company ispace announced Tuesday it will aim to place a lander on the moon on ...
Intuitive Machines' Athena lander is scheduled to touch down near the moon's south pole today (March 6). Here's how to watch ...
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