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Blue Ghost Moon lander captures glow of lunar sunset

Sunset on the moon seen in spectacular images taken by Blue Ghost lander

While making the deliveries, the Blue Ghost lander experienced one lunar day. During the course of that day, it captured several images and videos. It imaged a total solar eclipse from the surface of the moon and also took pictures of the sunset. In a post on social media, Firefly Aerospace referred to the sunset picture as the lander's farewell.

Scientific American · 45m

Blue Ghost Lander Successfully Completes Historic Lunar Mission

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost commercial lander has gone dark on the moon as planned, but not before sending back spectacular views of the lunar sunset

The Associated Press on MSN · 2d

Private lunar lander Blue Ghost falls silent on the moon after a 2-week mission

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander fell silent over the weekend, wrapping up two weeks of science experiments for NASA. The end came as the sun set at the moon, no longer providing energy for the lander’s solar panels.

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History-making Blue Ghost lunar lander sends one last message from the moon

Firefly Aerospace on Monday announced the conclusion of its Blue Ghost lunar lander mission, declaring it the first “fully ...

Lunar lander snaps mesmerizing views of a solar eclipse

In addition to photographing the eclipse itself, the event can also be seen in a reflection on Blue Ghost’s solar panel array ...

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Private lunar lander is declared dead after landing sideways in a crater near the moon’s south pole

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private lunar lander is no longer working after landing sideways in a crater near the moon’s ...

Astronomy1d

Firefly’s Blue Ghost lander nails lunar mission

Astronomy contributor and lunar expert Robert Reeves looks back on a Texas-sized achievement in Moon exploration.

CNN4d

Blue Ghost lander captured a solar eclipse while on the moon. See the stunning imagery here

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 ...

Science News5d

The Blue Ghost lander just witnessed a lunar eclipse — from the moon

The privately-owned lander turned its cameras toward Earth as our planet cast its shadow over the moon. It’s not the first spacecraft to do so.

New Scientist on MSN12d

The Athena lander reached the moon – but seems to have fallen over

Intuitive Machines's Athena spacecraft has landed on the surface of the moon, but it seems to have fallen over and we don't ...

USA Today4d

What did the eclipse look like from the moon's surface? See photos taken by lunar lander

The Blue Ghost lunar lander, operated by Firefly Aerospace from Texas, was able capture the phenomenon between Thursday night and Friday morning while stationed on the moon's Earth-facing side.

USA Today11d

Athena lander 'on her side' on moon's surface, ending mission in similar fashion to first launch

Intuitive Machines' most recent lunar lander has suffered the same fate as the exploration company's initial one. The six-legged Athena spacecraft is now "on her side" atop the moon's surface ...

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