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Private Blue Ghost moon lander sees gorgeous lunar eclipse from Earth orbit (video)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 ...
This little Blue Ghost is only built to operate during a lunar day (about 14 Earth days, while a lunar night is 14 Earth days). So, with only 14 days, it will be a busy beaver as it will capture ...
Blue Ghost primarily relies on solar power, so it took the second photo while operating on battery reserves. Mission control engineers will now need to wait a little while longer before ...
Blue Ghost became the first completely successful ... Another experiment, Lunar Magnetotelluric Sounder, flung four sensors, each a little smaller than a soup can, in directions at 90-degree ...
"These footpads do bend," Coogan told Ars during a visit to see the Blue Ghost lander in its Texas factory. "They will bend a little bit around a rock, but they’ll also rotate to find the most ...
In the lead-up to that landing attempt, which should take place a little less than two weeks from now, Blue Ghost recently completed a three-minute, 18-second engine burn to lower its orbit around ...
Blue Ghost, Meet Blue Marble The spacecraft will now spend a little over two further weeks in orbit around Earth, gradually adjusting its trajectory until it performs a maneuver called a trans ...
In a statement, Firefly said it met 100 percent of its mission objectives for the Blue Ghost mission. The lander operated a little more than five hours into the lunar night, and Firefly mission ...
"During the more quiet times during this mission, they have been putting the little Legos together." Although not an official Lego-brand product, the Blue Ghost Mission 1 Building Blocks Set uses ...
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