Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost spacecraft captures stunning lunar images as it enters final orbit

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost spacecraft has entered its final lunar orbit, capturing images of the moon's surface from 120 km above. The spacecraft completed its third orbit maneuver with a 16-second burn of its thrusters. Launched from Kennedy Space Center on January 15, Blue Ghost has spent 25 days in Earth orbit, four days traveling to the moon, and 16 days in lunar orbit. It will perform a descent insertion on March 2 towards Mare Crisium. Once it lands, Blue Ghost will operate 10 NASA payloads for a full lunar day, which lasts about 14 Earth days.