The CDRC technology flew to the lunar surface aboard Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander in March 2025 on a commercial lunar mission.
Blue Ghost transmitted 120 gigabytes of data during its mission, exceeding the primary mission’s success criteria.
Firefly Aerospace executed the longest commercial lunar operation to date with Blue Ghost.
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Lunar Lander carried 10 instruments for NASA on its mission.
Blue Ghost performed robotic drilling that accessed deeper lunar strata than any prior mission.
Blue Ghost performed the first-ever tracking of GPS signals on the Moon.
During Operation Parasol, Firefly repurposed Blue Ghost’s high-gain antenna as a sunshade by gimbaling the hardware to protect the top deck from thermal overload.
Blue Ghost survived a 500 degrees Fahrenheit temperature delta between lunar noon and a solar eclipse condition.
Blue Ghost captured high-definition footage of a total solar eclipse from the lunar surface.
Firefly Aerospace became the first private company to successfully land on the lunar surface in March 2025 with its Blue Ghost Lunar Lander.
Blue Ghost captured X-ray imagery of Earth’s magnetosphere from the lunar surface.
A previous version of LISTER flew on the Blue Ghost Mission 1 CLPS delivery to the Moon’s near side and took eight temperature and thermal conductivity measurements while drilling to about three feet beneath the lunar surface.
Blue Ghost Mission 2 is tentatively scheduled for Q4.
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander is planned to deliver payloads to Mare Crisium as part of the 2026 CLPS manifest.
Volta Space Technologies has a LightPort Wireless Power Receiver manifested on Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost Mission 2, which is tentatively scheduled for Q4.
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 achieved a fully successful soft landing on March 2, 2025.
The Blue Ghost mission successfully landed on March 2, 2025.
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost is expected to conduct precision landings and operate close to scientific payloads and other surface assets.
The research supports NASA's Artemis program and commercial lunar delivery missions, including Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander.
Firefly's Blue Ghost Mission 2 lander will host a wireless power receiver.