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A privately built spacecraft is about to attempt a moon landing

The Blue Ghost lunar lander, developed in partnership with NASA, aims to touch down on the moon early Sunday. Only one private company has accomplished the feat before.

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Days away from landing attempt, Blue Ghost spacecraft shares stunning close-ups of the moon

Blue Ghost has captured its first images of the moon from lunar orbit as the spacecraft’s landing attempt on the surface approaches. See the spectacular views here.

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Marvellous views of Moon captured by private lunar lander

Firefly Aerospace, a Texas-based private aerospace company, has released video from its Blue Ghost spacecraft orbiting the Moon. Since entering the Moon's orbit on 13 February, the lunar lander has been preparing for its landing.

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Historic lunar landing by Austin-area based Firefly Aerospace is this weekend

MORE: In the early morning hours of Sunday, March 2, a lunar lander built just north of Austin, Texas will touchdown on the ...

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What time will the private Blue Ghost probe land on the moon Sunday? How to watch live.

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost probe is expected to land no earlier than Sunday, March 2, 2025 in the wee hours before dawn.

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‘Quite frankly terrifying’: how Firefly’s Blue Ghost engineers are preparing to land on the moon

Like throwing a dart and hitting the bullseye on a moving target in the next city over: that’s what it’s like trying to land a spacecraft on the moon.

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Firefly Aerospace's "Blue Ghost" prepares to land on the moon

No American spacecraft has successfully landed intact and upright on the moon since Apollo 17 in 1972, but one private space ...

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Sunday’s Moon Landing Could Fulfill a Texas Tech Professor’s Dream—or End in a Nightmare

This geophysicist will be watching anxiously as his groundbreaking experiment careens toward the lunar surface aboard Firefly ...

The Moon’s next robotic visitor is lining up for landing this weekend

Now, Firefly is about to find out if its lunar program is a technical success. Landing on the Moon is risky. In the last decade, the success rate for lunar landing attempts is a little above 50 ...

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'Cautious optimism' | Cedar Park-based Firefly Aerospace prepares for Blue Ghost moon landing

Blue Ghost is delivering a fleet of NASA instruments to study the moon's environment ahead of human exploration.

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Lunar lander captures stunning views of moon ahead of descent: See images taken by Blue Ghost

Live coverage of the landing, jointly hosted by Firefly and NASA, will air on NASA+ starting at 2:30 a.m. EST, approximately 75 minutes before the scheduled touch down on the moon’s surface.

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Photos from space show the Texas company Firefly Aerospace preparing to land on the moon for the first time

Firefly's Blue Ghost mission is snapping stunning photos on its way to a lunar landing attempt. They show a new era of moon ...

Intuitive Machines Gets Ready for Return Moon Launch: How to Watch

The company reached the lunar surface in 2024, and now its Athena lander aims to improve on the feat. Three other spacecraft ...

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