Not everyone’s rockets are blowing up:

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/lunar-eclipse-moon-lander-blue-ghost

Images *from the moon* of the sun and earth during the lunar eclipse. It's like a lunar solar eclipse!
#space #moon #eclipse #firefly #blueghost

Space.com: "Wow! Private lunar lander watches 'diamond ring' eclipse from the surface of the moon (photo)"
https://www.space.com/the-universe/moon/wow-private-lunar-lander-watches-diamond-ring-eclipse-from-the-surface-of-the-moon-photo

#BlueGhost

LISTER Drill Surface Operations. NASA's instrument for subsurface thermal exploration began drilling into the surface shortly after landing to determine the heat flow from the interior of the Moon.

Released Mar. 10, 2025, Credit: Firefly Aerospace
https://flic.kr/p/2qRfAfo

#BlueGhost

Deployment of the Lunar Magnetotelluric Sounder (LMS) electrodes to the surface and a 8-foot mast above the top deck. LMS will be used to characterize the structure and composition of the Moon’s mantle.

Mar. 7, 2025, Credit: Firefly Aerospace
https://flic.kr/p/2qQzm68

#BlueGhost Lunar Surface Shadow Selfie

Shortly after landing, Blue Ghost's captured another shadow selfie showing the deployed X-band antenna (left) and LEXI payload (right) on the top deck.

Mar. 7, 2025, Credit: Firefly Aerospace
https://flic.kr/p/2qQBz4r

#BlueGhost

One of Blue Ghost's 10 NASA Payloads, Lunar PlanetVac successfully collected, transferred, and sorted lunar soil from the Moon using pressurized nitrogen gas.

Mar. 6, 2025, Credit: Firefly Aerospace
https://flic.kr/p/2qQkj7S

Firefly julkaissut nättiä kuvaa kuuhun laskeutumisesta:

https://fireflyspace.com/news/blue-ghost-mission-1-live-updates/

I've been busy reconstructing the landing profile of #BlueGhost from the amazing landing video.
Relative to the LRO NAC mosaic from Quickmap, my landing coordinate estimate is 18.56349°N, 61.80990°E

Blue Ghost Mission 1 - Lunar PlanetVac on the Moon

The Lunar PlanetVac instrument, designed for the sample collection of lunar regolith, was deployed to the lunar surface and is shown at the end of Blue Ghost’s surface access arm.

Mar. 4, 2025, Credit: Firefly Aerospace
https://flic.kr/p/2qQ7MyQ

LuGRE acquires and tracks #GPS and #Galileo signals on the lunar surface for the first time ever and 𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗮 𝗻𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗶𝘅 — approx.y 225,000 miles away from Earth.

The mission, delivered to the lunar surface by #Firefly Aerospace’s #BlueGhost, will operate for 14 days providing #NASA and the Italian Space Agency (#ISA) with data in a near-continuous mode, leading to additional GNSS milestones. #LuGRE is the first ISA developed hardware on the
#Moon.

https://www.nasa.gov/general/nasa-successfully-acquires-gps-signals-on-moon/

Watch Firefly Blue Ghost land on the Moon! After identifying surface hazards and selecting a safe landing site, Blue Ghost landed directly over the target in Mare Crisium.

https://youtu.be/NpHhEybJdxg?si=6MrmWeCJkGBJ_Q15

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A U.S. company successfully landed its spacecraft on the moon Sunday, marking only the second private mission to achieve the milestone — and the first to do so upright. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/03/02/world/private-us-spaceship-moon-landing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #firefly #blueghost #moon #nasa #artemis #fireflyaerospace

Nailed the landing. Earth shines over the moon in first photos from private Blue Ghost lander.

Perspective: "We're all in that picture."
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/missions/earth-shines-over-moon-in-amazing-1st-photos-from-private-blue-ghost-lander-were-all-in-that-picture
#Firefly #FireflyAerospace #BlueGhost #moon #LunarLander #LunarLanding #innovation