Blue Ghost Lunar Lander Is Now Headed to the Moon

The Blue Ghost Lunar Lander Is Now Headed to the Moon: Here's What to Know
Blue Ghost's main mission will be research. It will hang out in Earth's orbit for 25 days taking measurements and waiting for the right time to fling itself to the moon. After four days in transit, Blue Ghost will spend 16 days in lunar orbit collecting more data before descending to Mare Crisium, one of the largest basins on the moon.
What's flying to the moon on ispace's Resilience lunar lander?
The ispace Resilience lander will lift off atop of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida Wednesday at 1:11 a.m. EST (0611 GMT), with Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander also on the flight. The dual moon mission is the first of an array of lunar launches planned for 2025.
SpaceX launches Blue Ghost, Resilience landers to moon
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a pair of lunar landers into space early Wednesday, sending Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost and ispace's Resilience on their lengthy journeys to the moon.
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Houston’s Intuitive Machines readies a second lander for a mission to the moon
The company’s second lunar lander, Athena, will carry a small rover and other payloads when its launched, which is tentatively scheduled for late February. Last February, the uncrewed Odysseus ...
Firefly Aerospace’s first lunar lander will shuttle 10 NASA payloads to the moon
The Austin-area space firm’s Blue Ghost mission will gather more information about deep space and lunar environments for ...
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The next leg of the new moon race is about to kick off — and it could be the most exciting yet
Firefly is making its first attempt to put a vehicle on the moon, but this mission marks a second try for Ispace, after its first lander crashed and blasted a divot in the lunar surface in 2023.
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Uncrewed lunar missions and 1st private space station among 2025 space launches
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Intuitive Machines Completes Lunar Lander Installation: Time to Buy the Stock Now?
Intuitive Machines Inc. LUNR recently revealed that it has successfully integrated Nokia’s Lunar Surface Communication System into the IM-2 mission lander, named Athena. Following this ...