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NASA, Blue Ghost and Firefly Aerospace

Here's what NASA is sending to the moon on Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander

NASA is sending a suite of science and technology demonstrations on Firefly Aerospace's Ghost Riders in the Sky mission to the surface of the moon.

Fast Company · 1d

Firefly Aerospace’s first lunar lander will shuttle 10 NASA payloads to the moon

The Austin-area space firm’s Blue Ghost mission will gather more information about deep space and lunar environments for eventual crewed missions.

New Scientist on MSN · 13h

SpaceX is launching Blue Ghost and Resilience landers to the moon

Two companies, Firefly Aerospace and ispace, are aiming to make the second and third successful private landings on the moon - and both are launching on the same Falcon 9 rocket

NASA astronaut snaps photo of 'totally amazing' comet

Mashable on MSN · 17h

NASA astronaut snaps photo of 'totally amazing' comet from space station

One of the many advantages of being in space is having a front-row seat to the most anticipated cosmic events.

Ars Technica · 11h

A NASA astronaut may have just taken the best photo from space—ever

People who appreciate good astrophotography will no doubt be familiar with the work of Don Pettit, a veteran NASA astronaut who is closing in on having lived 500 days of his life in space. Pettit is now in the midst of his third stint on the International Space Station,

Daily Journal · 12h

Astronaut shares stunning photo from space

He used long exposure camera techniques to capture a jaw-dropping image from 257 miles up on the International Space Station.

NASA satellites spot 'ghost' island on

New York Post · 1d

‘Ghost island’ appears in NASA images — and then mysteriously vanishes

Scientists were intrigued after NASA satellites spotted a mysterious “ghost island” that formed and then disappeared just as quickly. The phantom landmass had emerged in the Caspian Sea following the 2023 eruption of the Kumani Bank mud volcano, which is located some 15 miles off the East coast of Azerbaijan, SWNS reported.

Daily Journal · 1d

NASA satellites spot ‘ghost’ island on before vanishing from Earth

By the end of the following year, it had nearly eroded away, retreating from view "like an apparition," said NASA Earth Observatory. The OLI (Operational Land Imager) and OLI-2 on the Landsat 8 and 9 satellites captured images showing the island emerge and shrink about 25 km (15 miles) off the eastern coast of Azerbaijan.

Tagtik on MSN · 13h

NASA spots ‘ghost island’ that disappears shortly after

NASA satellites captured a "phantom island" before it vanished as suddenly as it appeared. The landmass emerged in early 2023 off the coast of Azerbaijan following a volcanic eruption. However, a year later,

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Los Angeles fires leave NASA's Deep Space Network mission control empty for 1st time in 60 years

Despite the evacuation of its Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, no space mission data has been lost, NASA says. NATIONAL HARBOR ...

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Congressman watches for potential changes at NASA under Trump administration

The congressman whose district includes NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center says he is taking a wait-and-see approach to ...

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NASA Tracks Smoke From Palisades and Eaton Fires

NASA has a number of satellites, including Aqua, that observe the Earth and maintain a continuous stream of climate data ...

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NASA Explores Buying D.C.-Area Building Ahead Of Headquarters Lease Expiration

The agency is asking for information from private and public sector industries to help inform its office space decision.

NASA Astronomers Zero In on the Number of Hidden Supermassive Black Holes

Researchers found far more hidden black holes than previously known, indicating plenty of behemoths lurking in thick clouds ...

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NASA: Peak of 'Wolf Moon' to peak Wednesday evening

The first full moon of 2024, referred to as the Wolf Moon, will peak on Monday, reaching its peak illumination early in the ...

Historic hot streak: 2024’s record heat has NASA seeing red

An image released by NASA illustrates record global temperatures in 2024 as the average went up by 2.3 degrees Fahrenheit ...

How Star Trek fans changed the name of NASA’s first space shuttle

These are the voyages of the space shuttle Enterprise, boldly renamed by former President Gerald Ford after a massive ...

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Firefly looks to punch NASA moon ticket with overnight SpaceX launch

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander flying under NASA’s CLPS program as well as Japanese company ispace’s Resilience ...

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