where it will spend 16 days before descending to the lunar surface. On Friday (Jan. 24), Firefly Aerospace shared photos of Earth taken by the lander as it fired its engines to raise its orbit.

For the past week, an uncrewed lunar lander has been journeying through outer space on a 60-day mission to the moon on behalf ...

Still circling Earth, Firefly Aerospace’s lunar lander fired its thrusters Thursday to put it on a path to reach the moon in over a month. Dubbed Blue Ghost, the spacecraft beamed back photos ...

The rocket's first stage came back to Earth as planned ... is Firefly's first mission to the moon and is part of NASA's ...

In addition to checking off a list of critical milestones, Blue Ghost also captured a classic photo ... The lander is packed with 10 scientific instruments to study the lunar surface and gather ...

Firefly Aerospace's lander will then perform another burn to insert itself into orbit around the moon, where it will spend 16 days before descending to the lunar surface. On Friday (Jan. 24), Firefly ...

The previous landing in February 2024, pulled off by Houston-based space company Intuitive Machines, helped set the stage ... A photo captured by SpaceX also provides a look at the lunar lander ...