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2. Lunar lander captures stunning views of moon ahead of ... - AOL

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   The Blue Ghost lunar lander has captured a striking up-close view of Earth's cosmic neighbor as it prepares in the days ahead to land on the moon. Firefly Aerospace, the Texas-based company ...

3. Earthrise - Wikipedia

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   Earthrise, taken on December 24, 1968, by Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders. Earthrise is a photograph of Earth and part of the Moon's surface that was taken from lunar orbit by astronaut William Anders on December 24, 1968, during the Apollo 8 mission.

4. Moon - Wikipedia

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   Observations from the Moon started as early as 1966 with the first images of Earth from the Moon, taken by Lunar Orbiter 1. Of particular cultural significance is the 1968 photograph called Earthrise, taken by Bill Anders of Apollo 8 in 1968.

5. Firefly Aerospace sticks moon landing with flawless Blue ...

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   Flying above the far side of the moon in a circular 62-mile-high orbit, the squat lander fired its main engine at 2:31 a.m. EST, kicking off a white-knuckle 63-minute descent to the landing site ...

6. Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander makes it to the ...

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   Blue Ghost then captured some striking images of the moon shortly after it entered lunar orbit Feb. 13. Last week, Blue Ghost got a look of the moon's far side, an area not visible to Earth, that ...

7. Far side of the Moon - Wikipedia

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   Photograph of the far side of the Moon, with Mare Orientale (center left) and the mare of the crater Apollo (top left) being visible, taken by Orion spacecraft during the Artemis 1 mission. The far side of the Moon is the lunar hemisphere that always faces away from Earth, opposite to the near side, because of synchronous rotation in the Moon's ...

8. Firefly’s Blue Ghost lander heads for touchdown attempt on ...

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   During its 14 days of operations on the moon, Blue Ghost will photograph an eclipse, during which Earth will block the sun’s rays from the moon’s surface for about five hours.

9. Ganymede (moon) - Wikipedia

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   This flyby provided images of the moon's polar regions. [119] [120] In June 2021, Juno performed a second flyby, at a closer distance of 1,038 kilometers (645 mi). [110] [121] This encounter was designed to provide a gravity assist to reduce Juno's orbital period from 53 days to 43 days. Additional images of the surface were collected. [110]