Firefly Aerospace’s first landing attempt was a success. The company, which works with NASA under the agency announced early Sunday morning that his Lander Blue Ghost had slowly landed on the moon, and he was straight and communicated with the team at home. Blue Ghost landed at 3 h 34 HE in a region known as Mare Crisium. Although Lander de Firefly is not the first commercial space vessel to land on the moon, he East The first to land properly – Ulysses intuitive machines Last year after a faster than planned descent.
Blue Ghost and NASA instruments which he transported should remain in activity for about 14 days of land. After that, the lunar night will start. If everything goes as planned, the landing will capture images in the lunar night and a few hours after the fall in darkness, obtaining high definition images from a total eclipse, the lunar sunset and other moments to document the behavior of the levitation of the lunar dust. NASA also tests instruments that can pierce and collect surface samples.
Blue Ghost Mission 1 of Firefly was launched on January 15 and reached the lunar orbit about a month later. The team says that she has already sent more than 27 GB of data to Earth since her trip. “Just in transit to the moon, Firefly’s mission has already provided the most scientific data to date for the NASA CLPS initiative,” said Shea Ferring, Firefly technology chief, in a statementNoting that the most difficult part of the mission is over. On X, the company shared a photo showing the shadow of Lander on the surface of the moon after its successful touch, and joked: “The argeneche saw its shadow, 2 more weeks!”
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