Us blue ghost mission: The ‘Blue Ghost Mission 1’ of the firefly aerospace will try to land on the untouched surface of the moon at 3:34 pm on Sunday (2 March) at 3:34 pm (Indian time). The goal of the Blue Ghost is a site near Mons Latreil, the voliceal feature of Meri Crisium in the north-eastern part of the moon. If this landing is successful, then Blue Ghost Mission 1 This will become the second private lander to achieve this success.
The firefly company posted a post on the social media platform X on Saturday (March 1). In this post, the company said that the flight controllers have started the important manuvar to bring the spacecraft down from the orbit.
,Ghost Riders in the Sky, Mission’s name is given
It is noteworthy that this mission has been named ‘Ghost Riders in the Sky’, which has come out after one year of first commercial landing on the moon. This moon mission is part of NASA’s plan to reduce cost and promote Artemis in collaboration with the private industry. This is a program that aims to bring back astronauts from the moon.
That feeling you get when you look out the window and realize you’re almost home! T-4 days until we land in the moon. Blue Ghost will bring her final destination no earlier than 2:34 am cst on March 2. We’ll start the joint livestream with @Nasa at 1:20 am cst, approximately 75… pic.twitter.com/t5tn85zpm
– Firefly aerospace (@firefly_space) February 26, 2025
Lander is as big as hipopotamus size
This golden lander, which is landing on the untouched surface of the moon, is almost as large as the size of a hipopotamus. Which was launched in space on 15 January through a SpaceX spread 9 rocket. During his journey, Blue Ghost has captured many beautiful views of the earth and the moon.
Blue Ghost is traveling in space with a Japanese company lander, who is going to try landing in May this year.
Earlier, Blue Ghost shared only very beautiful pictures of the moon. However, on Monday (February 24), after coming down from the orbit, the lander took photographs very close to the moon. Texas -based firefly company shared a 93 second video on X on Wednesday (26 February). The company wrote in the post, “This is the realization when you look outside your window and find that you have almost reached your home.”
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