Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar lander is flying annual missions to the Moon with payload services customized to the technology and exploration goals of each customer. Offering rideshare opportunities and dedicated missions, Blue Ghost can deliver and host payloads anywhere on …

2 days ago · Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar lander was loaded up with an MMH hypergolic propellant and MON-3 oxidizer to power the thrusters and main engine during transit from Earth to Moon. December 23, 2024: Blue Ghost Battery Charging Complete. All four batteries on Blue Ghost are now fully charged. Firefly will utilize these batteries as needed ...

The Blue Ghost lander is designed for a soft landing on the lunar surface and a 60-day operational mission. It will deliver 94 kilograms (207 lb) of payloads to Mare Crisium , a 500-kilometer-wide (310 mi) lunar basin.

19 hours ago · The Blue Ghost lunar lander has captured its first images of the moon from the spacecraft’s orbit around Earth, the Texas-based company Firefly Aerospace announced this week.. The two images ...

Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost, or simply Blue Ghost, is a class of lunar landers designed and manufactured by Firefly Aerospace. Firefly plans to operate Blue Ghost landers to deliver small payloads to the surface of the Moon.

1 day ago · The Falcon 9 that launched Blue Ghost to orbit also carried another lunar lander along for the ride. Resilience , built by the Japanese company ispace, rode to orbit as a secondary payload aboard ...

Jan 15, 2025 · Blue Ghost Mission 1 (TO 19D) is a lunar lander designed to deliver ten payloads to the lunar surface. It launched on 15 January 2025. The objectives of the mission are to investigate heat flow from the lunar interior, plume-surface …

Following payload operations, Blue Ghost will capture imagery of the lunar sunset and provide critical data on how lunar regolith reacts to solar influences during lunar dusk conditions. The lander will then operate for several hours into the lunar night.

At 1:11 A.M. EST on January 15 Blue Ghost, a lunar lander built by the Texas-based company Firefly Aerospace, rode its own fiery steed through the heavens, launching atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket ...

Jan 16, 2025 · The Blue Ghost lander separates from its launch vehicle in Earth orbit on Jan. 15. SpaceX/Firefly Aerospace. NASA's Blue Ghost lunar lander is on its way to the moon, soaring through space with a ...