NASA Celebrates Blue Ghost's Historic Lunar Success
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost 1 achieves a landmark soft moon landing, advancing NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.
- Blue Ghost 1 successfully landed on the moon on March 2, marking the first fully successful soft lunar landing by a commercial company on its first attempt.
- NASA's SCALPSS cameras captured groundbreaking footage of the lander's engine plumes interacting with the lunar surface, providing critical data for future missions.
- Six of the ten NASA payloads aboard Blue Ghost 1 met their mission success criteria, with three exceeding their stretch goals, and operations continue as the mission nears its conclusion on March 16.
- NASA remains committed to its CLPS program despite setbacks with other landers, with new missions from Blue Origin and Astrobotic planned for later this year.
- The SCALPSS data will support safer design and operation of future lunar landers, with public release of raw imagery expected within six months.
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