Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost spacecraft captured an incredible view of Earth on its journey to the Moon. Once it enters lunar orbit, Blue Ghost will remain there collecting data for two weeks before attempting a landing on March 2.
T-5 days until Blue Ghost says goodbye to Earth! With the accuracy we achieved on our first two burns, we were able to skip the third Earth orbit maneuver. Blue Ghost is already in a good position to perform our trans-lunar injection in just under a week. Our #GhostRiders… pic.twitter.com/lMHpr8ix14
— Firefly Aerospace (@Firefly_Space) February 3, 2025
This spacecraft can deliver and host payloads anywhere on the lunar surface. When paired with Firefly’s medium launch and orbital vehicles, it’s capable of supporting end-to-end cislunar services from Earth to the Moon and beyond. The lander itself can be customized to support larger, more complex missions, including lunar night operations, surface mobility, and sample return.
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Blue Ghost’s core components are built using many of the same flight-proven technologies common to Firefly’s launch and orbital vehicles for robust quality assurance. Blue Ghost supplies data, power, and thermal resources for payload operations through transit to the Moon, in lunar orbit, and on the lunar surface,” said Firefly Aerospace.
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