The American unmanned spacecraft “Blue Ghost” of the Firefly Aerospace company successfully landed on the surface of the moon in the Sea of Kryses region. About this informs CNN.
It took “Blue Ghost” 45 days to reach the surface of the moon. Firefly Aerospace became the second private company to land on the moon, following Intuitive Machines.
“About 40 minutes after landing, Blue Ghost sent the first image of its new home to Earth: lunar dust, craters and part of the lander as seen by one of the cameras.” the message says.
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The Blue Ghost M1 mission is part of NASA’s Artemis program and the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative, which delivers equipment for lunar exploration.
10 scientific instruments provided by NASA are placed on board the device. Firefly expects to last one lunar day (about 14 Earth days) before the cold lunar night depletes their power. It is expected that the obtained data will help in the preparation of future manned missions to the Moon.
