The mission of the Blue Ghost 1 lunar module of Firefly Aerospace, which transported NASA material, has concluded after completing more than 14 days of surface operation, including 5 hours on a lunar night.
It was at the beginning of the month that this spacecraft achieved its first unmanned lunar landing, registering the second commercial flight of history to our satellite. Now, the last data were received at 23.15 UTC on Sunday, March 16, once The batteries were sold out by not recharging the solar panels due to the start of the lunar nightas provided by those responsible for the mission.
NASA’s 10 Commercial Lunar Loads Service Instruments (CLPS) They successfully operated on the lunar surface and gathered their scientific data.
“After an impeccable moon landing, the Firefly team immediately went on to surface operations to ensure that NASA’s 10 useful charges could capture as much scientific data as possible during the lunar day,” Jason Kim, executive director of Firefly Aerospace said in a statement. “We are extremely proud of the demonstrations that Blue Ghost allowed, from the tracking of GPS signals on the moon for the first time to the robotic drilling of the lunar surface to an unprecedented depth,” he added.
Throughout the mission, Blue Ghost transmitted more than 119 GB of data to Earthincluding 51 GB of scientific and technological data, far exceeding the requirements of the Firefly mission.
During surface operations, the Blue Ghost C landing moduleHe took high definition images of a total solar eclipse on March 14. This is the first time in history that a private company actively operates on the moon and can observe a solar eclipse where the earth blocks the light.
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