Moon Bound: Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 1 Lunar Lander Guide

Moon Bound: Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 1 Lunar Lander Guide

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 launch Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 1:09 a.m. ET.

This was the fifth flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission. It previously launched Crew-9, RRT-1, and two Starlink missions. Following stage separation, the first stage landed on the Just Read the Instructions droneship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.

Once deployed into a lunar transfer orbit, the Blue Ghost lander will begin its approximate 45-day journey to the Moon, where it will land 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.

Learn more about Firefly's Blue Ghost Lander

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

Image Credit: Firefly Aerospace 

Release Dates: Jan. 13 & 14, 2025

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