The American based aerospace firm, Firefly Aerospace has announced that it picks SpaceX to launch its Blue Ghost lunar lander in 2023.
The Senior Vice President of Spacecraft at Firefly Aerospace Shea Ferring, said:
“Firefly is excited to fly our Blue Ghost spacecraft on the highly reliable Falcon 9, which will deliver NASA instruments and technology demonstration payloads that support NASA science goals and NASA’s Artemis program.
He also stated that, using minimal Blue Ghost propulsion resources, the high performance SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle permits a lunar transit, because of which lander will be able to deliver more than 150 kg of Payload to the lunar surface.
The team at Texas lunar landscape site has been conducting regular vision navigation test flights at Firefly’s one acre Briggs.
The Vice President of Commercial Sales at SpaceX, Tom Ochinero said:
“The Blue Ghost mission will include delivery of NASA payloads that will support scientific lunar research and will contribute to developing a sustainable presence on the Moon as part of the Artemis program,”
He also mentioned that SpaceX is honoured that Firefly selected Falcon 9 for launch.
The Blue Ghost will land at Mare Crisium in the Moon’s Crisium basin and will operate on board payloads through lunar transit during lunar orbit, and also on the lunar surface for a complete lunar day and well into the freezing dark of lunar night.
About Firefly Aerospace
The Private aerospace firm based in America which provides small and medium sized launch vehicles for commercial launches, which has economical and convenient access to space for small payloads through the design, manufacture and operation of reliable launch vehicles.
