Firefly Aerospace delivered the LightPort payload for the Blue Ghost mission.
LightPort will be hosted on top of Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander on the far side of the Moon.
Firefly Aerospace will integrate the Riders 2 the Dark payloads in a clean room before the next phase of the Blue Ghost mission.
Firefly Aerospace will adapt technologies and processes developed for the Blue Ghost lander, the Elytra orbital vehicle, and its launch systems for the SkyFall mission.
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander is intended to provide rapid, repeatable access to the lunar surface.
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander and Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lander are part of NASA’s new lunar payload contract set.
NASA awarded Firefly Aerospace a Blue Ghost mission worth $144.2 million in new CLPS contracts.
Firefly Aerospace has a $144 million NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services contract to use its Blue Ghost lander to deliver three science instruments to the Moon's near side.
Firefly Aerospace will use an Elytra orbital transfer vehicle as a space tug for its Blue Ghost Mission 2 architecture to insert the lander stack into low lunar orbit.
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 landed successfully in March 2025.
Space-ng’s vision navigation and hazard avoidance software will guide Blue Ghost Missions 2, 3, and 4 during lunar touchdowns.
Space-ng technology helped Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander identify hazards in the landing area and complete a controlled descent to the Moon’s surface.
Space-ng’s vision-navigation software guided Blue Ghost Mission 1’s lunar descent through autonomous hazard detection and real-time terrain avoidance.
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Missions 2, 3, and 4 will require precise autonomous landing on the lunar surface.
Space-ng’s AI-powered vision navigation, flight software, and autonomous guidance helped Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander detect hazards and complete a controlled descent to the Moon’s surface.
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 was the first fully successful commercial soft landing in history.
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 landed on the lunar surface on March 2, 2025 in Mare Crisium and operated for approximately 14 Earth days.
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 completed a successful touchdown in Mare Crisium.
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 landed on the lunar surface on March 2, 2025.
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 operated for approximately 14 Earth days before lunar night ended operations.