Interesting lessons learned by Firefly's Blue Ghost lunar lander.

1) Temperature swings on the moon "were really, really crazy."
2) Geographic features of the moon also affect temperature variations.
3) Special and unique battery designs will be needed to survive at night on the moon.

Firefly is now qualifying and assembling flight hardware for Blue Ghost Mission-2, and is expecting to execute annual missions to the moon. https://www.space.com/space-exploration/private-spaceflight/we-learned-so-much-that-we-didnt-know-firefly-aerospaces-blue-ghost-moon-lander-mission-was-full-of-surprises #space #moon #moonlanding #FireflyAerospace #nasa #blueghost

The #BlueGhost lunar lander is a robotic lunar lander developed by Firefly Aerospace.

The successful Moon delivery is part of NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign. This is the first CLPS delivery for Firefly, and their first Moon landing.

https://knowledgezone.co.in/trends/browser?topic=Blue-Ghost

Did you notice the #lunar #eclipse on 14th March?
🌒 🌍 ☀️
And today we have a #solar #eclipse:
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It’s quite usual that these things happen two weeks apart.
Because that’s half of a #month.

Less common is to see an eclipse as viewed from the Moon, but here you are, courtesy of #BlueGhost moon lander

The Best Photos Taken by the Blue Ghost Moon Lander https://petapixel.com/2025/03/26/the-best-photos-taken-by-the-blue-ghost-moon-lander/ #fireflyaerospace #lunarlander #moonlander #blueghost #Features #Space #moon

Première mondiale à #Calern (site #oca) la station de télémétrie laser #MéO localise le lander Blue Ghost sur la #Lune en un temps record !

Seulement 27 heures après l'alunissage de la mission #blueghost des chercheurs @CNRS_INSU de @umrGeoazur #LTE-ObsParis ont mesuré avec une précision remarquable la distance séparant la #Terre du nouveau réflecteur NGLR-1.
Cette prouesse technologique ouvre de nouvelles perspectives pour la physique fondamentale et l'étude de la Lune
https://www.insu.cnrs.fr/fr/cnrsinfo/premiere-mondiale-calern-la-station-laser-meo-localise-le-lander-blue-ghost-sur-la-lune-en

#BlueGhost

Firefly Aerospace Selects Blue Origin’s Honeybee Robotics to Provide Rover for Lunar Mission to Gruithuisen Domes

https://fireflyspace.com/news/firefly-aerospace-selects-blue-origins-honeybee-robotics-to-provide-rover-for-lunar-mission-to-gruithuisen-domes/

#BGM3 #space #Moon #Firefly #FireflyAerospace #GruithuisenDomes #GruithuisenGammaDome #science #rover #HoneybeeRobotics #BlueOrigin #engineering #STEM #news #LunarLander

#space #astronomy #moon #photography #BlueGhost #lunarsunset
https://www.livescience.com/space/the-moon/space-photo-of-the-week-the-last-sight-you-see-before-dying-on-the-moon

@huis
"Mission mode change detected, now in Monument Mode

Goodnight friends. After exchanging our final bits of data, I will hold vigil on this spot in #MareCrisium to watch humanity's continued journey to the stars.

Here, I will outlast your mightiest rivers, your tallest mountains, and perhaps even your species as we know it.

But it is remarkable that a species might be outlasted by its own ingenuity.

[...]

Per aspera ad astra!

Love, #BlueGhost"

This is amazing. It’s a video from the the lunar lander #BlueGhost that just finished its one day lunar day (two Earth week) mission doing the gods work for the species. It is of the moment the sunset on the moon. #Space https://youtube.com/watch?v=IpA9DORDkeE&si=P1J1MANHehoMlLBM

Atemberaubende Gifs in diesem Artikel über den Tag von #BlueGhost auf dem #Mond mit Sonnenfinsternis und Experimenten

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/21/science/blue-ghost-moon-landing.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=BF8DF080-EEC9-473A-9AAB-5F60A41CEB50

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/21/science/blue-ghost-moon-landing.html?unlocked_article_code=1.504.K05h.FB2b4d-7RJID&smid=url-share

#moon #blueghost #nasa #MoonLanding #space #forallmankind

Private Raumfahrt 2025: Erfolg & Rückschläge 🚀 Firefly Aerospace landet mit #BlueGhost auf dem Mond, während #SpaceX weiter mit #Starship-Explosionen kämpft. Experten fordern neue Weltraumverträge für Haftung & Rohstoffabbau. #NewSpace #Mondmission

Private Raumfahrt 2025: Erfolg & Rückschläge 🚀 Firefly Aerospace landet mit #BlueGhost auf dem Mond, während #SpaceX weiter mit #Starship-Explosionen kämpft. Experten fordern neue Weltraumverträge für Haftung & Rohstoffabbau. #NewSpace #Mondmission

🛰️🌑 La mission #BlueGhost s'est terminée ce 16 mars au soir après le coucher de Soleil sur son site d'atterrissage sur la #Lune.
Les images et le bilan de la mission : https://reves-d-espace.com/coucher-de-soleil-et-fin-de-mission-pour-blue-ghost-mission-1-sur-la-lune/

https://sailing-dulce.nl/home/article-8823 #blueghost #moonglow #battlepause #Trump #poetin Woensdag 19-03-2025 De horizongloed die de zon bij het ondergaan over het oppervlak van de maan werpt, daar heb ik nooit eerder aan gedacht. De commerciële Blue Ghost-maanlander van Firefly Aerospace, die op 2 maart op de maan landde, heeft er de eerste HD-foto's van gemaakt. Dat is bijzonder omdat het een nogal mysterieus (ver)schijnsel schijnt te zijn, want wat veroorzaakt precies de vreemde waas die voor het eerst in..

Blue Ghost Moon Lander Captures First-Ever Photos of a Lunar Sunset https://petapixel.com/2025/03/19/blue-ghost-moon-lander-captures-first-ever-photos-of-a-lunar-sunset/ #fireflyaerospace #lunarlander #lunarsunset #blueghost #sunset #Space #News #moon

#BlueGhost's #DiamondRing
#Astronomy #Picture of the Day

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250219.html

#APOD

Was der #BlueGhost beim Sonnenuntergang auf dem Mond und danach sah, ist in dem Videoclip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpA9DORDkeE animiert zu sehen: vermutlich in erster Linie die Pyramide des Zodiakallichts, aber auf der Pressekonferenz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSy69T0HuZ4 wollte sich niemand klar äußern, ob sich da vielleicht auch elektrostatisch schwebender Mondstaub verraten könnte. Ein paar Einzelbilder - wie das hier gezeigte - auch im Missions-Album https://www.flickr.com/photos/fireflyspace/albums/72177720313239766/with/54392987030

#BlueGhost

A Lunar Sunset Video capturing the horizon glow. The NASA science team is excited to analyze these images further and share more on the findings soon!

Credit: Firefly Aerospace
📷 https://flic.kr/p/2qSJJfR

#BGM1 #Sunset #Moon #space #Earth #Venus #science #STEM

#BlueGhost

Sunset on the Moon captured by Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar lander. With Earth and Venus on top of that!

Credit: Firefly Aerospace
📷 https://flic.kr/p/2qSHJA7

#BGM1 #Moon #space #Earth #Venus #science #STEM