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 ...

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

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 ...

One of those investigations involved a distinctive deep dive into studying the interior of the moon.

The lander, Blue Ghost, ... 'Goodbye Earth, hello moon': What Blue Ghost lander has been up to in NASA mission. Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY. Updated February 17, 2025 at 12:48 PM. Copied; ...

After escaping Earth's gravitational pull, the journey takes about four days to arrive at the moon. But Firefly intends to spend a couple of weeks in lunar orbit before dropping Blue Ghost, named ...

After two weeks in space, Blue Ghost had traveled 715,000 miles and sent more than 7 gigabytes of data back to Earth. Blue Ghost also captured its first pictures of its eventual destination -- the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Blue Ghost captured an image of the lunar south pole from the moon's far side, an area not visible from Earth, on February 13.

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 ...