Blue Ghost Mission 1

18.560° 61.810° · Mare Crisium

Full-success commercial landing. 10 NASA payloads delivered.

Trajectory

Falcon 9 launch, a low-energy lunar transfer over ~45 days, then a 16-day lunar orbit phase before descent to Mare Crisium. Methalox propulsion with helium pressurization. Blue Ghost became the first fully-successful U.S. commercial lunar landing, delivering 10 NASA payloads and operating through one full lunar day.

Source: Firefly Aerospace / NASA CLPS

Details

Operator: Firefly Aerospace
Operator: Firefly Aerospace
Country: United States
Era: modern
Duration: 1.6 months

Photos · Courtesy of NASA

Videos · Courtesy of YouTube uploaders