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Shortly after landing, Blue Ghost captured the Earth from the lunar surface with a wide-lens cameras on its top deck.
Captured: Mar. 3, 2025; released: March 13
Credit: Firefly Aerospace https://flic.kr/p/2qREVB1 #BGM1
LISTER Drill Surface Operations. NASA's instrument for subsurface thermal exploration began drilling into the surface shortly after landing to determine the heat flow from the interior of the Moon.
Released Mar. 10, 2025, Credit: Firefly Aerospace
https://flic.kr/p/2qRfAfo
Deployment of the Lunar Magnetotelluric Sounder (LMS) electrodes to the surface and a 8-foot mast above the top deck. LMS will be used to characterize the structure and composition of the Moon’s mantle.
Mar. 7, 2025, Credit: Firefly Aerospace https://flic.kr/p/2qQzm68
#BlueGhost Lunar Surface Shadow Selfie
Shortly after landing, Blue Ghost's captured another shadow selfie showing the deployed X-band antenna (left) and LEXI payload (right) on the top deck.
Mar. 7, 2025, Credit: Firefly Aerospace https://flic.kr/p/2qQBz4r
One of Blue Ghost's 10 NASA Payloads, Lunar PlanetVac successfully collected, transferred, and sorted lunar soil from the Moon using pressurized nitrogen gas.
Mar. 6, 2025, Credit: Firefly Aerospace https://flic.kr/p/2qQkj7S
And if you haven't seen the amazing #BlueGhost landing video yet, go give it a watch! It shows really amazing dynamics and lighting with the lunar dust near touchdown.
https://youtu.be/NpHhEybJdxg
I've been busy reconstructing the landing profile of #BlueGhost from the amazing landing video.
Relative to the LRO NAC mosaic from Quickmap, my landing coordinate estimate is 18.56349°N, 61.80990°E
Rise and shine! #FireFlyAeroSpace BGM1 #BlueGhost lander captured its first sunrise on the Moon, marking the beginning of the lunar day and the start of surface operations in its new home. Our #GhostRiders have already begun operating many of the 10 NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration payloads aboard the lander and will continue operations over the next two weeks and into the lunar night. #BGM1
Just in, our #GhostRiders downlinked another incredible Moon shot following a successful touchdown! Image shows the Moon's surface and Earth on the horizon. Blue Ghost's solar panel, X-band antenna (left), and LEXI payload (right) are also in view. #BGM1
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