The Blue Ghost 1 lander casts a shadow on the lunar surface after touching down on the moon March 2. Credit: Firefly Aerospace Updated 7:45 a.m. Eastern with post-landing comments. CEDAR PARK ...

Blue Ghost's five-hour sojourn into the lunar night also provided some takeaway messages. ... Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost moon lander captured this photo of a lunar sunset on March 16, 2025.

Update: March 2, 11:07 a.m. ET: Firefly’s Blue Ghost lander performed a successful landing on the Moon earlier today. Original article follows: A private lunar lander is gearing up for its date ...

Blue Ghost, the moon lander built by Firefly Aerospace, ... After 45 days in space—and a pulse-pounding, semiautonomous hour-long descent to its landing site—at 3:34 A.M. EST the boxy, ...

In the early hours of March 2, Blue Ghost fired its engine to drop it out of orbit, falling toward the moon. Just over an hour later, it was on the surface in Mare Crisium, a lava plain inside an ...

Blue Ghost will start its hour-long descent from 62 miles above the lunar surface, using its main engine to slow from about 3,800 to 90 miles per hour. The lander will then flare smaller thrusters ...

While the target time for the Blue Ghost moon landing is 3:34 a.m. EST (0834 GMT), it is possible that something may come up before the lander leaves orbit that could cause a delay.

About 11 minutes before landing, the lander, traveling at 3,800 miles per hour, ... Blue Ghost during an orbit of the moon about 62 miles above the surface on Feb. 24.

Blue Ghost's five-hour sojourn into the lunar night also provided some takeaway messages. ... Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost moon lander captured this photo of a lunar sunset on March 16, 2025.