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Update for 12:15 a.m. ET on March 15: Firefly has called off the planned March 15 liftoff attempt due to an issue with the launch range. No new target date has been announced. Firefly Aerospace ...
Firefly Aerospace Firefly’s Blue Ghost lander went gently into the lunar night after spending a full lunar day on the Moon, gathering data and beaming it back to Earth as part of the company’s ...
Credit: Firefly Aerospace WASHINGTON — Firefly Aerospace says that its Blue Ghost 1 lunar lander mission has ended as expected, completing all its objectives. Operations of Blue Ghost 1 ended ...
It really takes a village,” she added. Both Firefly and Intuitive Machines are vendors for NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program, an initiative established by the space ...
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost science station accomplished a lot on the Moon in the last two weeks. Among other things, its instruments drilled into the Moon's surface, tested an extraterrestrial ...
Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Firefly Aerospace, the Texas-based company that conducted a pristine moon landing with its Blue Ghost ...
Launched in January 2025 aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-12, the three Firefly satellites are beaming down images at an unprecedented 5-meter resolution across 150+ spectral bands with 40 km swath ...
Through the looking glass: Firefly's Blue Ghost, the first fully successful private flight to the Moon's surface, recently completed its mission without issues. In addition to transmitting 119 ...
The Blue Ghost Mission 1 lander was launched by Firefly Aerospace in mid-January and landed on the moon on March 2. It was the first successful commercial moon landing. The lander delivered 10 ...
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander photographed the Earth as it passed in front of the Sun on March 14. By Andrew Paul Published Mar 14, 2025 3:09 PM EDT Get the Popular Science daily ...
A first in this year's awards was the introduction of the new category on film, which was won by the acclaimed Kapuso movie "Firefly", starring Euwenn Mikaell, Alessandra De Rossi, Dingdong Dantes, ...
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