Landing! Firefly’s Blue Ghost ends up on the moon, with NASA science, Firefly’s Blue Ghost ends up

With a suite of NASA science and technology, Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 at 3:34 am near a volcanic characteristic called MONS Latreille within Mare Crisium, a more than 300 miles wide pelvis in the northeastern quadrant of the moon.

The Blue Ghost Lander is in an upright and stable configuration, and the successful moon delivery is part of the CLPS campaign of the NASA initiative (Commercial Lunar Payoad Services) and Artemis campaign. This is the first CLPS delivery for Firefly and your first moon landing.

The 10 NASA instruments for science and technology on board the country will operate about a lunar day or about 14 earth days on the moon surface.

“This incredible achievement shows how NASA and American companies are leading to the benefit of all in space research,” said Janet Petro, deputy NASA administrator. “We have already learned a lot of lessons – and the technological and scientific demonstrations on board Firefly’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 will improve our ability not only to discover more science, but also to secure the security of our spacecraft for the future research of humans – both in the short term and in the long term.”

Since the Kennedy Space Center of NASA started on January 15 in Florida, Blue Ghost drove more than 2.8 million miles, rose by more than 27 GB of data and supported several scientific operations. This included the signal tracking of the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) with a record distance of 246,000 miles with the Mond-GnSS-RECHERT-RECHERT-NUTSPLAST-DIFFERE that the NASA can use the same positioning systems on Earth in the moon. The science carried out during the trip also included radiation tolerant computing by the van Allen belts with the payload of radiation tolerance computer systems and measurements of magnetic field changes in space with the payload of moon magnetotelluric sound.

“Science and technology that we send to the moon is now helping to prepare the way for the future exploration of NASA and the long-term human presence to inspire the world for future generations,” said Nicky Fox, Associate Administrator for Science at NASA headquarters in Washington. “We send these payloads by working with American companies – which supports a growing lunar economy.”

During the surface surgery, the NASA instruments test and demonstrate the drilling technology of the moonplace face, the functions of regolith sampling, the skills of the global navigation satellite system, radiation -tolerant computing and methods for reducing moon dust reduction. The data collected will benefit humanity by giving insights into the effects of space weather and other cosmic forces on earth.

Before the payload operations are completed, the teams will intend to capture images of the moon sunset and how moon dust reacts to sun influences during the conditions of the moon dawn.

“In the name of our entire team, I would like to thank NASA to commission Firefly as her moon provider,” said Jason Kim, CEO of Firefly Aerospace. “The successful moon landing of Blue Ghost laid the foundation for the future of commercial exploration in the entire room of Cislunar. We are now looking forward to more than 14 days of surface surgery to unlock even more scientific data that will have a significant impact on future missions on moon and Mars. “

So far, five providers have received 11 moon deliveries under CLPs and send more than 50 instruments to different locations on the moon, including the moon -south pole. Existing CLPS contracts are indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contracts with a cumulative maximum contract value of $ 2.6 billion by 2028.

Find out more about the CLPS initiative of NASA at:

https://www.nasa.gov/clps

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Amber Jacobson / Karen Fox
Headquarters, Washington
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Natalia Riusech / Nilufar Ramji
Johnson Space Center, Houston
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Antonia Jaramillo
Kennedy Space Center, Florida
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