After touching down on Mare Crisium on March 2, 2025, Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander has begun its scientific mission, capturing descent footage and the first lunar sunrise while deploying several key experiments. This mission marks a significant advancement in NASA’s Artemis campaign and commercial lunar exploration. Landing Success and Initial Operations Blue Ghost successfully landed in Mare Crisium, a vast lunar basin, delivering 10 NASA payloads to the lunar surface. The lander is designed to operate for one lunar day (approximately 14 Earth days), during which its instruments will gather data to support future lunar missions. “Firefly is … Continue reading Firefly’s Blue Ghost Captures Lunar Sunrise and Begins GPS powered 14-Day Science Mission with 10 NASA Experiments