Before we get too ahead of ourselves, however, weve got the ongoing mission to attend to.
Our Blue Ghost lunar lander now has a permanent home on the lunar surface.
Blue Ghost landed in Mare Crisium, the site of an ancient asteroid impact once filled with basaltic lava.
The Blue Ghost lander pulled off a soft touchdown on the Moon.Firefly Aerospace
The company successfully communicated with its lander following touchdown.
Were sending these payloads by working with American companieswhich supports a growing lunar economy.
Blue Ghost, in addition to supporting the NASA payload demos, will run through its own surface operations.
Blue Ghost captured its first image of the Moon after touchdown. The image shows the Moon’s surface and a top-down view of the lander’s RCS thrusters (center) with a sun glare on the right side. Credit: Firefly Aerospace
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Blue Ghost captured its first sunrise on the Moon, marking the beginning of the lunar day and the start of surface operations in its new home. Credit: Firefly Aerospace
