A private US spacecraft headed to the moon captures a glorious view of Earth

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- A private U.S. spacecraft has captured stunning images of Earth one week into its flight. Still circling Earth, Firefly Aerospace's lunar lander fired its thrusters Thursday to put it on a path to reach the moon in over a month. Dubbed Blue Ghost, the spacecraft beamed back photos and video of the Blue Marble, our planet. The Texas company released the images Friday. Blue Ghost carries experiments for NASA, part of the space agency's effort to return astronauts to the moon this decade. It's one of two lunar landers launched from Florida last week.