Blue Ghost, lunar lander, Firefly Aerospace, Cedar Park, Texas, USA

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Developer - Firefly Aerospace

Home page - fireflyspace.com/blue-ghost

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Blue Ghost Mission 1 on Wikipedia

 

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Blue Ghost M1 & Hakuto-R M2 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing

Jan 15, 2025

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 (Blue Ghost M1 lunar lander) and ispace’s Hakuto-R Mission 2 (Hakuto-R M2 RESILIENCE lunar lander) to the Moon from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 15 January 2025, at 06:11 UTC (01:11 EST). Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed on the “Just Read the Instructions” droneship, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. Falcon 9’s first stage (B1085) previously supported Crew-9, RRT-1 and 2 Starlink missions.

 

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Blue Ghost M1 deployment

Jan 15, 2025

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 (Blue Ghost M1 lunar lander) was successfully deployed into a highly elliptical Earth orbit, approximately 66 minutes after being launched by a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 15 January 2025, at 06:11 UTC (01:11 EST). Blue Ghost Mission 1 is Firefly Aerospace first commercial robotic mission to the Moon, that aims to land the Blue Ghost lunar lander in the Mare Crisium basin, near an ancient volcanic feature called Mons Latreille.

 

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Blue Ghost M1 captures the Moon

Feb 19, 2025

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 (Blue Ghost M1 lunar lander) has successfully completed a four-minute lunar orbit insertion burn on 14 February 2025 and a lunar orbit manoeuvrer with a 3 minute, 18 seconds burn, on 18 February 2025. The Blue Ghost M1 lunar lander is scheduled to land on the Moon on 2 March 2025, at 08:45 UTC (03:45 EST). Blue Ghost Mission 1 is Firefly Aerospace’s first commercial robotic mission to the Moon, that aims to land the Blue Ghost lunar lander in the Mare Crisium basin, near an ancient volcanic feature called Mons Latreille.

 

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Blue Ghost M1 landing on the Moon

Mar 2, 2025

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 (Blue Ghost M1 lunar lander) landed on the Moon, in the Mare Crisium basin, near an ancient volcanic feature called Mons Latreille, on 2 March 2025, at 08:34 UTC (03:34 EST).

 

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Blue Ghost M1 – first image from the Moon

Mar 2, 2025

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 (Blue Ghost M1 lunar lander) landed on the Moon, in the Mare Crisium basin, near an ancient volcanic feature called Mons Latreille, on 2 March 2025, at 08:34 UTC (03:34 EST). About 30 minutes later, Blue Ghost M1 sent back first image from the Moon.

 

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Article "Private spacecraft Blue Ghost lands on Moon"

by George Sandeman
March 2, 2025

 

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Article "'We're on the moon': The private Blue Ghost spacecraft makes a historic lunar landing"

by Joe Hernandez
March 2, 2025

 

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Blue Ghost M1 landing on the Moon (Onboard camera view)

Mar 4, 2025

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 (Blue Ghost M1 lunar lander) landed on the Moon, in the Mare Crisium basin, near an ancient volcanic feature called Mons Latreille, on 2 March 2025, at 08:34 UTC (03:34 EST).

 

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Blue Ghost M1 observed by NASA’s LRO

Mar 7, 2025

NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft has imaged Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 (Blue Ghost M1 lunar lander) that landed on the Moon, in the Mare Crisium basin, near an ancient volcanic feature called Mons Latreille, on 2 March 2025, at 08:34 UTC (03:34 EST).