The Earth eclipses the moon in this time-lapsed view from Firefly's Blue Ghost moon lander. Credit: Firefly Aerospace ...

Blue Ghost launched on the "Ghost Riders in the Sky" mission on Jan. 15 atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The lander is currently orbiting Earth, and will continue to do so for about two more weeks ...

Blue Ghost has been orbiting Earth since January 15, when the lander hitched a ride on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The lunar spacecraft is expected to leave Earth’s orbit in about one week ...

Blue Ghost, which left Earth's orbit behind a few days before entering lunar orbit Feb. 13, completed its third and final engine burn Sunday night to position it as close to the moon as it can get ...

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander is now headed for the moon after firing its engines to send it out of Earth orbit. Comments (0) When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

“Footage above showing the Earth rising and setting behind the Moon was captured by Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar lander shortly after our second lunar orbit maneuver on February 18,” Firefly ...

"Goodbye Earth, hello moon," Firefly said in an update on its mission blog the day before it planned to leave Earth behind and enter the lunar orbit.. As of Monday, the Blue Ghost spacecraft had ...

Blue Ghost Mission 1, also known as “Ghost Riders in the Sky,” is part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program, and is supporting the space agency’s Artemis campaign to ...

The Blue Ghost lunar lander, which has been on the moon since the spacecraft’s successful touchdown on March 2, captured images of the sun, Earth and moon lined up at around 4:30 a.m. ET, the ...

Blue Ghost was designed to operate on the surface of the moon for one lunar day, or about two Earth weeks. Then, the sun will set on the moon and the lander's batteries will deplete within a few ...