After a wrenching decision by NASA, private lunar lander finds a new customer
However, all was not lost. NASA had committed to the contract and said Astrobotic could fly a mass simulator to the Moon. The ...
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See the First Stunning Images Taken by the Blue Ghost Lunar Lander on Its ‘Scenic Route’ to the Moon
The lander built by Firefly Aerospace has captured incredible views as it orbits Earth. Its next phase is an engine burn that will propel it toward lunar orbit ...
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Two privately-built moon landers share a ride to space atop a Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket
The U.S. lander, built by Austin ... followed by 16 days in lunar orbit. If no major problems develop, Blue Ghost, 6.6 feet tall and 11.5 feet wide, then will descend to the surface near the ...
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Firefly Aerospace's, NASA successfully launch Blue Ghost lunar lander to moon
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander launched at 1:11 a.m. Wednesday from NASA's Kennedy ... which was last documented by astronaut Eugene Cernan on the Apollo 17 mission to the moon.
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FireFly Aerospace's Blue Ghost is on its way to the moon: What to know about NASA mission
The lander, dubbed "Blue Ghost," hitched a ride aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket for a 1:11 a.m. EST launch ... its first lunar program since the Apollo missions came to an end in 1972.
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Blue Ghost, a Private U.S. Lunar Lander, Launches to the Moon
At 1:11 A.M. EST on January 15 Blue Ghost, a lunar lander built by the Texas-based ... U.S. soft landing on the moon since the end of the Apollo program. Over the next four weeks, that mission ...