Blue Ghost Moon Landing Captured by NASA Onboard Cameras | Firefly Aerospace

Blue Ghost Moon Landing Captured by NASA Onboard Cameras | Firefly Aerospace

This compressed, resolution-limited video features a preliminary sequence of the Blue Ghost final descent and landing that NASA researchers stitched together from SCALPSS 1.1’s four short-focal-length cameras, capturing images at 8 frames per second. Altitude data is approximate.

The Stereo Cameras for Lunar-Plume Surface Studies (SCALPSS) 1.1 instrument took the images during the descent and successful soft landing of Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander on the Moon’s Mare Crisium region on March 2, 2025 as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative.

Follow along for more Blue Ghost Mission 1 updates: 
https://fireflyspace.com/news/blue-ghost-mission-1-live-updates/

Learn more about the mission: 

https://fireflyspace.com/missions/blue-ghost-mission-1/

This is part of NASA’s CLPS initiative and Artemis campaign to establish a long-term lunar presence. Blue Ghost Mission 1 will perform 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. 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.

Learn more about NASA's CLPS Program:
https://www.nasa.gov/content/commercial-lunar-payload-services

Video Credit: NASA's Langley Research Center / Olivia Tyrrell
Duration: 40 seconds
Release Date: March 13, 2025

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