Cape Capeeral, Florida (AP) – a Lunar Lander private I took the first high -resolution sunset pictures of the moon.
Firefly Aerospace and NASA released amazing photos on Tuesday, taken before Blue Ghost Lander Silence on the weekend. One shot included Venus at the distance.
Firefly’s Blue fell on the moon on March 2, The first private spacecraft To hold a straight position and perform its entire mission. Keep taking pictures and collect science data five hours after the moon’s night before his death due to the lack of solar energy.
Joel Kirins from NASA said the Specres of Group Blue Ghost are the first high -resolution images of the Earth’s neighbor. He pointed out that the scientists will need to analyze it deeply, before taking any decision regarding the glow of the horizon that was taken in at least one of the pictures and whether it was created by raising the dust. This theory was presented more than half a century ago by Jane Kernan from Apollo 17, the last astronaut walking on the moon.
“What we have is a beautiful and aesthetic picture that really shows some of the unusual features,” Kerns told a news conference.
Blue Ghost performed 10 experiences of NASA as part of the Space Agency’s commercial satellite program. While all the goals were achieved, the officials said that the exercises on the plane could only penetrate 3 feet (1 meters) in the moon for 10 feet (3 meters) that were planned.
Firefly said that she will try to activate the moon in early April after two weeks for the cold moon for two weeks, although the engineers doubt that it will reserve.
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