Watch: Blue Ghost drills into lunar surface in awe-inspiring video. Look out for the moonrock
Science & Tech | Trending | Blue Ghost dug up lunar soil as part of its mission. The private lander reached the Moon on Sunday (March 2) and has deployed several payloads.
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander is on the moon and is busy at work. One of the payloads it carried has successfully drilled into the lunar surface and collected and transferred the soil. This was touted to be one of the most exciting experiments to be carried out by one of the lander's Ghostriders.
Detailing the activity, Firefly shared on X, "Lunar PlanetVac for example successfully collected, transferred, and sorted lunar soil from the Moon using pressurized nitrogen gas. Congrats to the @HB_Robotics and NASA team!"
The post was accompanied by a short video shot by the lander showing the drilling and lunar soil flying away.
Blue Ghost landed on the Moon on Sunday (March 2) and since then has deployed several payloads. The company said that eight out of 10 payloads have already met their mission goals.
"Just over 4 days on the Moon's surface and #BlueGhost is checking off several science milestones! 8 out of 10 @NASA payloads, including LPV, EDS, NGLR, RAC, RadPC, LuGRE, LISTER, and SCALPSS, have already met their mission objectives with more to come," the company posted.
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Also Read: 'GhostRiders' on Blue Ghost click sunrise on the moon, get ready to kick up some dust
There is still a lot more to be done in the coming days. The lander will work throughout the 14 days of lunar day and aims to accomplish more objectives.
Artemis missions
Blue Ghost is part of NASA's mission to study the moon and prepare for its future endeavour of sending humans there. The Artemis missions have been much talked about and the space agency will soon send a team of astronauts who will hover around the moon to see how the human body reacts to the environment.
The results will be used to prepare for the next leg of the Artemis mission which aims to land people on the moon once again after over 50 years.
Sunrise on the moon
Blue Ghost landed on the moon right before the lunar day was to begin. While the lander is working, it did not forget to soak in the environment. It clicked a photo of the stunning sunrise on the moon that had the world in awe.
Meanwhile, another moon lander, NASA's second private mission Athena, developed by Intuitive Machines reached the Moon on March 6 but could manage only a partial landing being tilted on its side.
