American amphibious ships take sunrise on the moon

Blue Ghost successfully landed on the Moon surface on March 2, landing near Mons Latreille, a bare mountain peak in the vast Mare Crisium (Sea of ​​Crises) in the Northeast of the Moon. The spacecraft has begun to operate, start scientific equipment and take photos of the surrounding environment and the Earth in the distance. The latest photo shared by Firefly Aerospace on social network X on 3/3 recorded the sunrise scene, in which the sun was brightly contrasted with the pit’s mouth obscured on the rough surface of the moon, according to the moon, according to Space.

Firefly Aerospace said many of the 10 NASA scientific equipment on the amphibious ship operated and will continue to work for the next two weeks until the moon night, when the duty to use solar energy ends. Equipment will contribute to a series of characteristics, including the composition of the structure, geology, heat flow on the moon as well as space weather. Blue Ghost will also test drilling technology and its camera will record the moon dust hovering on the ground when the sun sets.

The landing process took place 46 days after Blue Ghost launched on January 15 on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket. “With annual moon missions, Firefly Aerospace will pave the way for the long -term presence here, helping to reach the rest of the solar system,” said the CEO of Jason Kim.

Blue Ghost was selected through the NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program, specializing in renting a private landing ship to bring science and technology equipment to the Moon to support the Artemis program. Athena IM-2, the second amphibious ship of the My Intuitive Machines Private Company also belongs to the CLPS program. Athena entered the moon trajectory on March 3 and was preparing to land near the southernmost pole on March 6. In addition, the Resilience amphibious ship of Japanese company ISPACE launches the same missile with Blue Ghost will also land on the moon at the end of May or early June.