Blue Ghost spacecraft footage shows Earth ‘in the rearview mirror’
Firefly Aerospace has confirmed that all is well with its lunar-bound Blue Ghost spacecraft, which launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on…
Firefly’s lunar-bound spacecraft captures a ‘postcard shot’ of Earth
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost spacecraft has captured a fabulous image of Earth as it makes its way toward the moon. Firefly shared the image on X, noting that it shows…
Blue Origin’s latest rocket flight included a lunar-like experience
Blue Origin successfully performed its 29th New Shepard flight and 14th payload mission from Launch Site One in West Texas on Tuesday. While most of the recent New Shepard flights…
Lunar-bound Blue Ghost captures stunning video of Earth
After launching aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on January 15, Firefly Aerospace’s moon-bound Blue Ghost spacecraft has been orbiting Earth ahead of…
February is ‘a month of bright planets,’ NASA says in new skywatching update
The moon has “many engagements” with the planets in February, NASA said in its monthly update on what to look out for in the night sky. Throughout February, so long…
Astronaut’s ‘glowing fingernail clipping’ is actually the moon
Don Pettit is on a roll. Just days after sharing a breathtaking shot of Earth, the American astronaut has followed up with an equally stunning shot of a waning crescent…
Don’t miss the Beaver Moon, the last supermoon of 2024
It’s an exciting time for skywatchers right now, as not only is there the Leonid meter shower to look forward to, but there’s also the last supermoon of the year…
China plans to use this spacesuit for its first crewed moon landing
China Unveils Moon-Landing Spacesuit for First Time China is aiming to put its first citizens on the moon by 2030, and it’s just unveiled the newly designed spacesuit they’ll be…
Yes, That’s a Lego Brick Made Out of Meteorite Dust
In the 5th Avenue Lego store in Manhattan, in the back toward the stairs going to the second level, there’s a small gray brick spinning lethargically on a thin pedestal.…
At Least 64 Boys, Including Twins, Sacrificed in Ancient Maya Underground Chamber
An underground chamber near Chichén Itzá’s Sacred Cenote was found to contain the bones of 64 male children, new research reveals. Genetic tests revealed that at least one-quarter of the…