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

The Best Photos Taken by the Blue Ghost Moon Lander

The Blue Ghost lunar lander's mission may have ended, now resting lifeless on the Moon’s surface, but its success has secured its place in history.

A sunset in another world. With that poetic final brooch has concluded the first successful mission of the CLPS lunar exploration initiative that NASA inaugurated in 2024 in collaboration with private companies. The Blue Ghost became last March 2nd the first US ship to perform a perfect landing since Apollo 17 achieved it in 1972. More than half a century after that last human experience on the Moon, the robotic probe of the company Firefly Aero…

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

See Last Week's Stunning Eclipse From the Moon in Photos Captured by the Blue Ghost Lander, Now at the End of Its Mission

The spacecraft carried out the longest commercial operation on the moon to date—and also made history during its rare chance to document this celestial event

Private lunar lander Blue Ghost ends mission

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — It's lights out for the first private lunar lander to pull off a fully successful moon mission.

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

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander marks the first fully successful commercial moon mission, achieving all objectives and transmitting a final farewell message to Earth.