One of those investigations involved a distinctive deep dive into studying the interior of the moon.

The Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost lander on the moon was captured by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Credit: Space.com | ...

After four days in transit, Blue Ghost will spend 16 days in lunar orbit collecting more data before descending to Mare Crisium, one of the largest basins on the moon.

Our Blue Ghost lunar lander is now a permanent fixture on the moon, carrying 10 NASA payloads and a plaque with the names of every Firefly employee. This is a major milestone for our team, ...

Private lunar lander Blue Ghost after touching down on the moon with a special delivery for NASA on Sunday. Moon’s surface and Earth are visible on the horizon, Blue Ghost’s solar panel, X ...

Staff at the Mission Control outside Austin, Texas celebrating as lunar lander Blue Ghost touches down on the moon with a special delivery for NASA, Sunday, March 2, 2025. AP / AP.

Blue Ghost will be collecting payload science data the entire time. At the end of operations, Kim said the lander will capture a celestial site last documented by Apollo 17 astronaut Eugene Cernan.

The Falcon 9 that launched Blue Ghost to orbit also carried another lunar lander along for the ride. Resilience, built by the Japanese company ispace, rode to orbit as a secondary payload aboard ...

Firefly’s Blue Ghost lander’s first look at the solar eclipse as it began to emerge from its Mare Crisium landing site on March 14 at 5:30 AM UTC.

By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Firefly Aerospace, the Texas-based company that conducted a pristine moon landing with its Blue Ghost spacecraft ...