Blue Ghost Moon Mission Meets The Blue Planet | Firefly Aerospace

Blue Ghost Moon Mission Meets The Blue Planet | Firefly Aerospace

Firefly Blue Ghost spacecraft view of Earth released on January 25, 2025

Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 1 Lunar Lander Pre-launch

Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 1 Emblem

On Wednesday, January 15, 2025, a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle successfully launched Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Here is a view of planet Earth from the Blue Ghost spacecraft released on January 25, 2025.

The Blue Ghost lander is currently on its 45-day journey to the Moon. Firefly Aerospace intends to land it in Mare Crisium for NASA’s payloads to perform numerous science and technology demonstrations, including lunar subsurface drilling, sample collection, and X-ray imaging of Earth’s magnetic field to advance research for future human missions on the Moon and provide insights into how space weather impacts the planet.

The Blue Ghost lander flight will deliver ten NASA science instruments and technology demonstrations to the Moon.

Mare Crisium is a lunar mare located in the Moon's Crisium basin, just northeast of Mare Tranquillitatis. It was formed by the flooding of basaltic lava that filled an ancient asteroid impact.

Mare Crisium is 556 km (345 mi) in diameter, and 176,000 square kilometres (68,000 sq mi) in area. It has a very flat floor, with a ring of wrinkle ridges (dorsa) toward its outer boundaries.

Learn more about Firefly's Blue Ghost Lander

https://fireflyspace.com/blue-ghost/

Image Credit: Firefly Aerospace 

Release Dates: Jan. 13 & 25, 2025

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