Firefly published film material from Blue Ghost's Touch Down on the Moon

Blue Ghost wrote history on March 2 by becoming the second private spaceship that always has soft land on the moon.

The Firefly Aerospace, based by Texas, landed in the mare crisp region, known as the “Sea of ​​Crises”. It is the sea of ​​evil twin of calm and maybe the most threatening part of the moon on which you can land.

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The rocket was launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on January 15. The moonlander did not rise empty -handed. Blue Ghost carried out 10 science and technology experiments for NASA.

As part of the CLPS program (Commercial Moon Lunar Payoad Services), the mission of Blue Ghost is to ferry the scientific equipment of NASA around the stars and collect data on space trips. This is in the expectation of the Artemis program of NASA astronauts, which will make another trip to the moon in the coming years.

This is how it looks when a moonland lands on the moon

The lander will study the lunar surface for about two weeks, which corresponds to the lunar day. At the end of this moon day, when the sun begins, the lander's solar modules are effectively made useless and its mission will come to an end.

Mostly. It will try to work until it pushes the last piece of usefulness out of the batteries. It will probably bring more juice and scientific research for five hours before it is drained.

The country made it with a variety of devices to the moon, including a refined feature/an experimental electrodynamic dust shield or EDS. A big problem that earlier moon landings from the legendary Apollo mission ends is the entire moon dust that the lander absorbs during relegation.

It is incredibly good and very abrasive. It could damage camera lenses and helmet visers. The EDS system is designed in such a way that you use electrical currents to put on moon dust that distracts it from vital systems.

Blue Ghost will have a company this week because the space company based in Texas will land intuitive machines near the southern pole of the moon in Athena. You will research the possible existence of water ice, which could possibly be converted into breathable air, drinking water and even rocket fuel.