Blue Ghost Lander successfully completes the historic lunar mission
The blue ghost of the firefly aerospace has become dark on the moon according to the commercial lander scheme, but not before sending the luxurious scene of the moon sunset back
After NASA’s CLP (commercial lunar payload service) initiative and Artemis campaign, after giving ten NASA science and technology payloads on the side of the moon, the Blue Ghost Mission 1 Lander of the Jugnu aerospace captured this image of sunset from the lunar surface.
The historical mission of the Blue Ghost Chandra Lander of the Jugnu Aerospace is over.
Solar-driven Blue ghost On Sunday evening (March 16), it became dark, when the sun set on its lunar locale, which ended a highly successful two weeks to operate the surface. Moon,
Wil Kugan, chief engineer of Blue Ghost, said, “We tested every system on the lander and followed every mission landscape, which we could think of reaching this point.” Firefly statement today (March 17) which announced the end of the mission.
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He said, “But whatever really separates this team is passion and commitment for each other.” “Our team can look young and less experienced than many countries and companies, who tried to land the moon in front of us, but the support we have for each other is that it promotes hard work and dedication to find every solution that makes this mission a success.”
The mission of the Blue Ghost, which Jugnu called “Ghost Riders in the Sky”, was the company’s first lunar attempt. The flight was supported by NASA Commercial Lunar Palor Services (CLPS) program, which holds the agency Science Gear on Robot Landers to gather a treasure of cost -effective data before arrival Aartitimis A few years from now, astronauts on the moon.
Blue ghost 10 NASA payloadWhich was successfully transported to a basaltic ground on the moon, which is called Mari Crisium (“C of Crisies”) On 2 MarchSuccessful touchdown was just the second by a private lunar lander, after spontaneous machines’ Odisius vehicle In February 2024. Odisius operated for seven Earth days on the lunar surface before going to darkness.
The mission plan called the blue ghost, and those science equipment to work for a lunar day – about two Earth Week. And this actually happened, Jugnu said today, “Ghost riders in the sky” declared 100% successful.
Jugnu CEO Jason Kim said in a single statement, “After a innocent moon landing, the firefly team immediately went into the surface operation to ensure that all 10 NASA payloads could capture the science as much as possible during lunar day.”
“We first proud of performing the GPS signal on the moon to the blue ghosts enabled.” Robotically drilling Growing deeper into the lunar surface than ever before, “Kim said.” We want to thank NASA CLPS initiative and a great thanks to the White House Administration to serve as a bedock for this firefly mission. It is an honor for enabling science and technology experiments that support future missions to the moon, Mars planet and beyond.”
Blue Ghost was also “able to inspect”Blood worm moon“The total lunar eclipse of 13-14 March. But, thanks to his unique convenience point, Lander saw this dramatic incident as one Solar eclipseOne Gorgeous “Diamond Ring” photo That fireplace shared with the world.
According to Jugnu, the lander gave a total of 119 gigabytes (GB) of the house with 51 GB (GB), including 51 GB in the house, at around 7:15 pm on Sunday, at the EDT (2315 GMT) before it was almost dark.
The last hour of the blue ghost was productive. It captured the fantasy of the lunar sunset on 16 March, providing the data to NASA on whether the lunar dust leads to solar effects and creates a lunar horizon shine that was hypled and observable. Apollo 17“Jugnu wrote in the statement.” After sunset, Blue Ghost operated for 5 hours on the lunar night and continued to catch the imagination, which measures how the behavior of dust changes after sunset. ,
“The Ghost Riders in the Sky” was part of a wave of the discovery of a private moon. For example, blue ghost Launched on 15 January Along with another private lunar lander, the flexibility of the steel in Tokyo, which is expected to make its touchdown attempt On 5 June,
And the second lunar lander of machines with intuitive knowledge, called Athena, got up on February 26 and landed near the south pole of the moon. On 6 MarchHowever, Athena, who was also blowing a CLPS mission, gave it only after the touchdown and was on its behalf. pronounced dead On 7 March.
In the coming years this exploration will continue to bounce, if all go for the plan. Jugnu is already looking ahead for this Second moon mission, A CLPS effort is expected to be launched in 2026. That flight will send the blue ghost to the lunar far and the lunar will also place the “Elitera Dark” spacecraft of the firefly in the orbit around the moon.
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