NASA / GSFC / Arizona State University
Just thought I'd share these images that NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter recently took of Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander on the Moon's surface!
Blue Ghost successfully touched down near the Mons Latreille region at Mare Crisium on March 2...and continues to hum along as it carries out 10 science experiments for NASA under its Artemis and Commercial Lunar Payload Services programs.
Assuming that everything continues to proceed as planned, Blue Ghost Mission 1 will last till Sunday, March 16.
NASA / GSFC / Arizona State University
NASA / GSFC / Arizona State University
#BlueGhost X-band antenna has deployed! This will allow us to more rapidly downlink high-definition imagery and videos and transmit payload science data back to Earth. Stay tuned for more! #BGM1 pic.twitter.com/Vi8fumKI4X
— Firefly Aerospace (@Firefly_Space) March 2, 2025
#BlueGhost has been busy since parking on the Moon! Just in the last two days, the data we've downlinked jumped from 27 GB to 57 GB as we continue @NASA payload operations. This includes deploying Lunar PlanetVac and sampling lunar regolith, deploying the Electrodynamic Dust… pic.twitter.com/b2kcnCRttz
— Firefly Aerospace (@Firefly_Space) March 4, 2025
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