Blue Ghost, a Private U.S. Lunar Lander, Launches to the Moon
An illustration of a private U.S. lander on the surface of the moon built by Texas-based company Firefly Aerospace. The company’s Blue Ghost lander is carrying a suite of scientific instruments to the moon, including an experiment to detect and use GPS satellite signals on the lunar surface.
How to watch NASA's Blue Ghost 1 lunar lander launch? Here's what you need to know
The payloads will be delivered to the moon via a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket being launched at 1:11 a.m. Eastern time (12:11 a.m. Central time) from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. From there, the lander will spend 45 days in space before landing on the Moon's surface to conduct its research.
The Blue Ghost mission is one of four Firefly is working on as part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral on Wednesday morning carrying two private lunar landers into orbit in ...
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