Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander captured stunning views of the moon from about 62 miles (100 km) above the surface. The ...

Finally, Blue Ghost deployed the Lunar PlanetVac, or LPV, a type of vacuum equipped with its own gas that’s designed to suck up soil from the lunar surface, testing how sample collection might ...

Blue Ghost captured its first image of the Moon after touchdown. The image shows the Moon’s surface and a top-down view of the lander’s RCS thrusters (center) with a sun glare on the right side.

Space Blue Ghost Moon lander captures glow of lunar sunset after concluding successful mission By Emilee Speck, FOX Weather Published March 19, 2025, 12:00 a.m. ET ...

The Blue Ghost lunar lander, managed by Texas company Firefly Aerospace, touched down Sunday morning on the moon's near side with NASA's scientific instruments to study the surrounding environment.

Private Blue Ghost moon lander aces historic lunar landing for NASA Advertisement The car-sized Blue Ghost launched on Jan. 15 atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, carrying 10 science and technology ...

Luckily Blue Ghost was able to capture a gorgeous image of the eclipse, seen above, at around 4:30 a.m. ET. Recommended Videos “The photo shows the sun about to emerge from totality behind Earth ...

Dig deeper: Blue Ghost’s photos, while remarkable, aren’t the first such images of an eclipse from the moon. NASA’s Surveyor 3 lunar probe managed to capture the first-ever view of a solar ...

Blue Ghost is just the second private lander ever to soft-land on the moon. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA's Lunar ...

Blue Ghost — named after a rare U.S. species of fireflies — had its size and shape going for it. The squat four-legged lander stands 6-foot-6 tall and 11 feet wide, providing extra stability ...