How to Watch Firefly’s Blue Ghost Attempt Its Historic Moon Landing

A private lunar lander is gearing up for its date with destiny. Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost has been in space for 44 days, and on Sunday it will attempt to finally execute a soft landing on the Moon. Firefly will be livestreaming the landing attempt on its YouTube page. The livestream will start at 2:20 a.m. ET on Sunday, March 2, about 75 minutes before Blue Ghost is scheduled to touch down at 3:34 a.m. ET. You can also watch the landing at the livefeed below. Resilience took a leisurely pace to the Moon, orbiting Earth for 25 days, before entering a 16-day long lunar orbit. That will come to an end with an hour-long descent to a region of the Moon known as Mare Crisium, a basin formed by an asteroid collision. The descent will be aided by on-board vision-based tools, designed to keep Blue Ghost from avoiding craters, rocks, slopes, and other hazards. Once a suitable landing spot is identified, Blue Ghost will use its engines to slow down, until it’s directly over the site. Land ... Read full article.