The Blue Ghost mission launched on Wednesday, January 15, on board a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and is currently around halfway through its journey to the Moon. The mission, named “Ghost Riders in the Sky,” will spend around 16 days in lunar orbit before attempting a soft touchdown on the lunar surface.

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost spacecraft took some unique photos of our home planet on its Mission 1 flight to the moon in late January and early February. The spacecraft is now in orbit around the moon,

A spacecraft called Blue Ghost completed its third and final lunar orbit, making it one step closer to its destination on a crater on the moon.

Footage captured by the Firefly Aerospace lunar landing mission shows our planet peeking out behind the impressive bulk of the moon.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox

Firefly Aerospace is primed for a lunar landing attempt on Sunday (March 2) following a series of successful maneuvers in lunar orbit.

A spaceship has captured jaw-dropping close-up footage of the Moon. Breathtaking scenes from February 18, and shared Monday, show the Earth rising and setting behind the Moon were captured by Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander.

The Blue Ghost will make a soft landing on the moon on Sunday. Firefly Aerospace posted a video of the spacecraft making its second burn before getting into lunar orbit ahead of landing. The Earth rises and sets in the distance of the video.