Success! Firefly Aerospace Ends Blue Ghost Science Mission On The Moon

The Moon's display from the Blue Ghost camera (photo: dock. Firefly Aerospace)

JAKARTA Blue Ghost, a spacecraft belonging to Firefly Aerospace that landed on the Moon a few weeks ago, has completed its task. That way, Blue Ghost Mission 1 went successfully.

This spacecraft landed on March 2, 2024 and was only assigned to operate during the day on the Moon or the equivalent of 14 days on Earth. In accordance with the target, this lander stopped operating on March 16 at around 18.15 local time.

Not only succeeded in completing its mission, Blue Ghost Mission 1 also broke the commercial operating record. When entering the evening of the evening, this lander was still operating for five hours. In fact, Blue Ghost still sends a number of data.

This is a very important achievement because not all landers are able to operate for several hours on the eve of the Moon. This happens because of the extreme weather of the Moon and the loss of sunlight that can make the lander survive.

"We are very proud of the demonstrations made possible by Blue Ghost from GPS signal tracking on the Moon for the first time to robotic drilling and deepening science to the lunar surface than ever before," said Firefly Aerospace CEO Jason Kim.

According to Jason, Blue Ghost's success was achieved thanks to NASA's support. Please note that the Blue Ghost landing on the Moon is part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program.

"We would like to express our deepest gratitude to the NASA CLPS initiative and the White House government for being the basis for this Firefly mission. It is an honor to allow science and technology experiments that support future missions to the Moon and Mars," Jason said.

Blue Ghost Mission 1 plays an important role in the advancement of science because the lander has succeeded in sending more than 119GB of science data to Earth. The amount of data sent has exceeded the target of Firefly Aerospace, which is only 51GB.