Blue Ghost Mission

Published on 11 Oct 2025

• The US private agency Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander, carrying NASA scientific instruments, successfully landed on the c.

• This marks the first successful private lunar landing without crashing. 

• Mare Crisium is located on the northeastern edge of the Moon's near side. 

• This achievement places Firefly alongside only five national space agencies (Russia, US, China, India, and Japan) that have accomplished soft lunar landings.

• Launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 on January 15, 2025, the Blue Ghost carries 10 NASA payloads under the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program to study lunar heat flow and plume-surface interactions, aiming to improve our understanding of the Moon's interior and landing techniques.

  
  

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