This twist was implemented to serve the mission's 30 research payloads, 29 of which tested "lunar-related technologies," Blue Origin wrote ... flight in April 2015. The vehicle's first crewed ...

a 340-mile-wide (550-kilometer-wide) basin in the northeast quadrant of the Moon’s near side. The data collected from this mission will contribute to future lunar exploration and scientific ...

As you can see from Firefly’s post, Blue Ghost is gearing up to continue its journey to the moon, where it will remain in a lunar orbit for 16 days before attempting a landing on March 2.

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“New Shepard’s ability to provide a lunar gravity environment is an extremely unique and valuable capability as researchers set their sights on a return to the moon,” said Blue Origin’s ...

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. The two images — which ...

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander is heading to the moon but has already captured a rare celestial moment—a tiny lunar eclipse. As the lander orbits Earth, it has been sending back ...

including NASA’s Artemis campaign to send astronauts to the lunar surface by as early as 2027. Phil Joyce, Blue Origin’s senior vice president for the New Shepard program, hailed today’s ...

The capsule and rocket booster separated nearly three minutes into the flight, and by the fourth minute the capsule had successfully created lunar gravity conditions, according to Blue Origin's ...

Blue Ghost, the "little lander" from Firefly Aerospace that's headed to the moon, has captured the littlest lunar eclipse ever (as well as our hearts). Firefly contracted SpaceX to launch the ...