Spaceflight

Blue Ghost due for March 2 moon landing. Stunning video!

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Against a night sky, a blazingly bright white and orange line shoots up from the horizon and curves to the right.

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 lunar lander – which is already circling the moon – will touch down on the lunar surface on Sunday, March 2! But before that EarthSky will get an exclusive insider look at the mission and the lander. At 12:15 p.m. CST (18:15 UTC) on Thursday, February 27, Firefly’s future … Read more

Starship, Europa Clipper and more: The top 10 spaceflight stories of 2024

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Historians will look back on 2024 as a special year for spaceflight. From SpaceX plucking a huge rocket out of the sky to the first privately funded spacewalk to the launch of a $5 billion mission to study an ice-covered ocean moon, this year held many record-breaking achievements and advances that brought humanity ever closer … Read more