Ancestors

Written by Corey S Powell on 2025-01-29 at 18:31

Firefly's Blue Ghost mission looked back at Earth & is now looking ahead to the Moon. The spacecraft is on track for a lunar landing in early March.

https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/ #science #space #nature

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Written by Corey S Powell on 2025-01-29 at 18:32

Firefly is taking the high-efficiency, slow-motion path to the Moon -- 45 days of transit time, but very economical.

http://fireflyspace.com/news/blue-ghost-mission-1-live-updates/ #science #space

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Toot

Written by Corey S Powell on 2025-01-29 at 18:34

The Apollo flight path to the Moon was a lot faster and more energy-intensive than what Firefly is doing. It had to be, because Apollo was transporting fragile, perishable human cargo.

https://www.planetary.org/space-missions/apollo-11 #space #science #exploration

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Descendants

Written by Jock Rutherford 🌻🥥🌴 on 2025-01-29 at 18:50

@coreyspowell I love that poster. Had it on my wall as a kid. 👍

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