Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 Successfully ...
1 day ago · Blue Ghost will then capture the lunar sunset, providing data on how lunar regolith reacts to solar influences during lunar dusk conditions, before operating several hours into the lunar night. “Towards the end of Blue Ghost Mission 1, we expect to capture a phenomenon documented by Eugene Cernan on Apollo 17 where he observed a horizon glow ...
Blue Ghost - Firefly Aerospace
Offering rideshare opportunities and dedicated missions, Blue Ghost can deliver and host payloads anywhere on the lunar surface. When paired with Firefly’s medium launch and orbital vehicles, Blue Ghost supports end-to-end cislunar services from Earth to the Moon and beyond.
Blue Ghost lunar lander launches from Florida on NASA-backed ...
11 hours ago · The lander, dubbed "Blue Ghost," hitched a ride aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket for a 1:11 a.m. EST launch from Launch Complex 39A at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Blue Ghost, a Private U.S. Lunar Lander, Launches to the Moon
17 hours ago · Blue Ghost’s goal is to operate there for 14 days, including up to five hours of the long and brutally cold lunar night. Some of Blue Ghost’s payloads will demonstrate new technologies.
Firefly Lunar Lander On Its Way To the Moon – Artemis
1 day ago · Blue Ghost is expected to land on the lunar surface on Sunday, March 2 and, throughout its mission, NASA ’s scientific instruments aim to test and demonstrate lunar subsurface drilling technology, regolith sample collection capabilities, global navigation satellite system abilities, radiation tolerant computing, and lunar dust mitigation ...
Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost - Wikipedia
Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost, or simply Blue Ghost, is a class of lunar landers designed and manufactured by Firefly Aerospace (Firefly). Firefly plans to operate Blue Ghost landers to deliver small payloads to the surface of the Moon.
Blue Ghost (lander) - NASA
NASA Instrument on Firefly’s Blue Ghost Lander to Study Lunar Interior. article 3 days ago. 27 min read. The Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon. article 7 days ago ...
Blue Ghost Mission 1 - Firefly Aerospace
Firefly’s first Blue Ghost mission, named Ghost Riders in the Sky, will deliver 10 science and technology instruments to the lunar surface as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative.
NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Details
May 1, 2015 · Blue Ghost Mission 1 (TO 19D) is a lunar lander designed to deliver ten payloads to the lunar surface, with a launch scheduled for no earlier than a six day launch window opening on 15 January 2025. The objectives of the mission are to investigate heat flow from the lunar interior, plume-surface interactions, crustal electric and magnetic fields.
Here's what NASA is sending to the moon on Firefly Aerospace ...
2 days ago · Blue Ghost Mission 1, which Firefly has dubbed Ghost Riders in the Sky, was selected through NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.CLPS contracts companies to deliver NASA science and ...