Here's what NASA is sending to the moon on Firefly Aerospace's Blue …
2 days ago · Blue Ghost Mission 1, which Firefly has dubbed Ghost Riders in the Sky, was selected through NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.CLPS contracts companies to deliver NASA science and ...
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NASA science: Firefly Blue Ghost lander launches from Florida to …
1 day ago · NASA has specified the landing location as the Mare Crisium crater, where Blue Ghost will land within a 100 meter (0.062 miles) ellipse. It will rely on onboard cameras to bring it down to a safe ...
Blue Ghost moon lander will help NASA see Earth's magnetic field ...
2 days ago · The Lunar Environment Heliospheric X-ray Imager instrument, or LEXI, is one of 10 NASA payloads aboard Blue Ghost, which is set to launch at 1:11 a.m. EST (0611 GMT) on Wednesday (Jan. 15) on a ...
NASA Instrument on Firefly’s Blue Ghost Lander to Study Lunar …
6 days ago · LMS instrument aboard the Blue Ghost Lander heading to Mare Crisium in mid-January. As part of its Artemis campaign, NASA is developing a series of increasingly complex lunar deliveries and missions to ultimately build a sustained human presence at the Moon for decades to come.
NASA Sets Coverage for Firefly First Commercial Robotic Moon …
5 days ago · Editor’s Note: This advisory was updated Jan. 13, 2025, to reflect the correct affiliation for Maria Banks, CLPS project scientist, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.. Carrying NASA science and technology to the Moon as part of the agency’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign, Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 is ...
Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost Mission 1 to the Moon Readies for …
Nov 25, 2024 · Blue Ghost Mission 1, named Ghost Riders in the Sky, is the first of three Firefly task orders supporting the NASA CLPS initiative as part of NASA’s Artemis campaign that serves to unlock the commercial lunar economy and enable a lasting lunar presence.
Launch recap: Blue Ghost launch from Kennedy Space Center …
2 days ago · In 2021, Firefly was awarded a mission contract by NASA, which included the Blue Ghost lander carrying 10 payloads to the moon. Firefly was selected based on the payload capacity.
Watch Live: Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost 1 Launch - SciTechDaily
1 day ago · Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1, part of NASA’s Artemis program and Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative, is scheduled to launch on Wednesday, January 15. The mission will take off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, carrying cutting-edge science and ...
Blue Ghost Mission 1 will send the first U.S. lander to Mare Crisium
Jan 6, 2025 · After sending a Blue Ghost lander to the Moon’s farside — beyond direct line-of-sight with Earth — Elytra Dark will release Europe’s Lunar Pathfinder satellite as a data-relay for the lander.