3 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 ...

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 …

The Blue Ghost lunar lander, developed and tested over several years, launched successfully aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket alongside the Hakuto-R Mission 2 lander from Kennedy Space Center. The Blue Ghost lander is designed for a soft landing on the lunar surface and a 60-day operational mission.

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.

Jan 21, 2025 · Firefly’s Blue Ghost continues its journey to the Moon carrying 10 NASA science and technology instruments. Four days into the mission, the lunar lander completed its first main engine burn. This milestone is the first of several maneuvers that will position the lander in a trajectory towards the Moon. After 25 days orbiting Earth, Blue Ghost ...

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.

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 interactions, crustal electric and magnetic fields.

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 ...

Dec 19, 2024 · Blue Ghost will spend another 16 days in lunar orbit, phasing into a descent trajectory to land on the surface of the moon for the remaining two weeks of the mission. The lander will touch...

Jan 6, 2025 · After sending a Blue Ghost lander to the Moon’s farside — beyond direct line-of-sight with Earth — Elytra Dark will release Europe’s Lunar Pathfinder satellite as a data-relay for the lander.