NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter managed to capture a photo of Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander on the surface of the Moon, in a stunning instance of the orbiter’s surveillance power.

The Blue Ghost lander is busy conducting science experiments on the Moon and it was recently spotted by a NASA spacecraft in the lunar orbit. The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) captured incredible views of Firefly Aerospace 's lander as it flew over the Mare Crisium basin on the Moon's near side.

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander has beamed back video of its ongoing lunar science operations, including drilling into the surface of the moon.

NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter snapped a view of Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander down on the surface of the moon. It looks like a speck on the lunar landscape.

The Blue Ghost mission to the moon has deployed one its NASA instruments, drilling into the moon's surface to collect information about temperature.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox

More than 50 years after Apollo 8’s legendary Earthrise photo, a new image from the Moon’s surface delivers a hauntingly different view. Captured by the Blue Ghost lander in 2025, this photograph portrays Earth as a ghostly,