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 …

Jan 31, 2025 · Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar lander captures the Blue Marble while in Earth orbit approximately 6,700 km above the planet on January 23, 2025. Credit: Firefly Aerospace. January 23, 2025: Week 1 Mission Operations Update. Firefly’s Blue Ghost lander is one week into our road trip to the Moon!

Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost, or simply Blue Ghost, is a class of lunar landers designed and manufactured by Firefly Aerospace. Firefly plans to operate Blue Ghost landers to deliver small payloads to the surface of the Moon.

Jan 15, 2025 · Upon landing in Mare Crisium, Blue Ghost will operate 10 NASA payloads for a complete lunar day (about 14 Earth days) and support several science and technology demonstrations, including lunar subsurface drilling, sample collection, X …

The Blue Ghost lander is designed for a soft landing on the lunar surface and a 60-day operational mission. It will deliver 94 kilograms (207 lb) of payloads to Mare Crisium , a 500-kilometer-wide (310 mi) lunar basin.

Jan 8, 2025 · Firefly Aerospace announced a mid-January launch window for its private Blue Ghost lunar lander. The “Ghost riders in the sky” mission is now scheduled to lift off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday, 15 January, at 1:11 a.m. EST (0611 GMT) aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket.

Jan 28, 2025 · Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost moon lander has snapped its first photos of its distant target. On Monday (Jan. 27), Texas-based Firefly released two photos of the moon that Blue Ghost captured ...

2 days ago · On its way to the moon, Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander has taken its first space pictures as it orbits Earth.. The Texas-based company has been sharing the breathtaking videos and ...

Aug 26, 2024 · The company announced Aug. 26 that its Blue Ghost lander is now at JPL for vibration, acoustic, thermal vacuum and electromagnetic interference and compatibility tests, intended to confirm...

Jan 15, 2025 · Part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program, Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission One lander will deliver 10 science and technology payloads to the Moon.