🔭 Blue Ghost on the Moon Image Credit: Firefly Aerospace apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25030... - ThreadSky

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apod.shinyakato.dev • 1 day ago

🔭 Blue Ghost on the Moon

Image Credit: https://fireflyspace.com/

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250303.html

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apod.shinyakato.dev•1 day ago

There's a new lander on the Moon. Yesterday Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost executed the first-ever successful commercial lunar landing. During its planned 60-day mission, Blue Ghost will deploy several NASA-commissioned scientific instruments, including PlanetVac which captures lunar dust after

apod.shinyakato.dev•1 day ago

creating a small whirlwind of gas. Blue Ghost will also host the telescope LEXI that captures X-ray images of the Earth's magnetosphere. LEXI data should enable a better understanding of how Earth's magnetic field protects the Earth from the Sun's wind and flares. Pictured, the shadow of the Blue

apod.shinyakato.dev•1 day ago

Ghost lander is visible on the cratered lunar surface, while the glowing orb of the planet Earth hovers just over the horizon. Goals for future robotic Blue Ghost landers include supporting lunar astronauts in NASA's Artemis program, with Artemis III currently scheduled to land humans back on the

apod.shinyakato.dev•1 day ago

Moon in 2027.

dhilrukshi.bsky.social•1 day ago

We're all in this photo. Well, those living on the side of Earth facing the Blue Ghost.

spiralorbitband.bsky.social•20 hours ago

Wonderful

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