With blue The Texas -based lunar unit, Firefly Aerospace moon.
After its launch In JanuaryThe Blue Ghost Mission 1 fell at Mare Crisium, near a mountain called Mons Latreille, at 3:34 am on Sunday, March 2. Nassa Reports that Blue Ghost Lander is in a stable vertical position.
Janet Petro, director of acting at NASA, said in A. A statement on March 2. “We have already learned many lessons, and the task of technology and science on the Firefly’s Blue Ghost 1 will enhance our ability not only to discover more science but also to ensure the integrity of the tools on our spacecraft for future human exploration, in the long run.”
Blue Ghost is not the first task led by the private sector to reach the surface of the moon. This honor goes to intuitive machines, another Texas -based company, which tried to land on the moon in February 2024; However, the stereotype fell on its side on the surface and stopped operating. (The intuitive machines will get another chance on March 6, with it Athena Lunar ModeleAnd that was launched last month.) Other companies have also tried, but their spacecraft ended up.
Firefly’s Lander still has a lot of work in front of it. The Blue Ghost 10 unit carries NASA’s scientific and technological tools, which will work on the surface for one day for the moon, equivalent to 14 days on the ground. As part of NASA Artemis The program, which will return humans to the surface of the moon for the first time since 1972, the Blue Ghost mission aims to learn more about the lunar environment, to support astronauts in the future exploration of the moon and Mars. After moments of landing, the unit took its first photos, which NASA and Firefly shared on its official accounts.
