Blue Ghost begins journey to Moon, leaves Earth forever

Firefly’s Blue Ghost Lander Bids Farewell to Earth on Its Way to the Moon
The Blue Ghost mission launched on Wednesday, January 15, on board a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and is currently around halfway through its journey to the Moon. The mission, named “Ghost Riders in the Sky,” will spend around 16 days in lunar orbit before attempting a soft touchdown on the lunar surface.
Blue Ghost spacecraft footage shows Earth ‘in the rearview mirror’
Firefly Aerospace has shared an awesome video clip captured by its Blue Ghost spacecraft as it heads to the moon.
Firefly’s Blue Ghost Snaps a Breathtaking Earth Selfie on Its Way to the Moon
Blue Ghost has left Earth’s orbit, carrying NASA’s science to the Moon. Instruments are performing well, including a radiation-hardened computer, a magnetic field detector, and a lunar soil collection system.
Firefly's Blue Ghost lunar lander leaves Earth orbit to head for the moon
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander is now headed for the moon after firing its engines to send it out of Earth orbit. "Blue Ghost successfully performed a Trans Lunar Injection burn to ...
What is 'Blue Ghost' Lander Off to the Moon's Mare Crisium
Science: The Blue Ghost is a lunar lander developed by Firefly Aerospace as part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program. Launched on January 15, 2025, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center,
Firefly’s Blue Ghost Nears Lunar Touchdown With 10 Game-Changing NASA Instruments
NASA’s Blue Ghost mission will deploy ten advanced scientific instruments to the Moon, testing technologies for regolith ...
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Two lunar missions: Firefly Blue Ghost and ispace lander launch from Kennedy Space Center
Julianna Scheiman, director of NASA science missions at SpaceX, described the Blue Ghost mission as “one step closer to making life multiplanetary". What's in a Name: Firefly's Blue Ghost ...