by On Sunday morning, a spaceship built by Firefly Aerospace gently landed on the surface of the moon, which made the startup based in Texas to the second private company in history in order to dismantle the feat.
Even better, the Lunar Lander, who called Blue Ghost, did not overturn When it came down, there was a fate that corresponded to two other spaceships that made it onto the surface of the moon last year.
And even better? We have some absolutely great Film material of the landing As it happened, the x-band antenna of the spacecring was attributed to the earth shortly after arrival with the style of the spacecraft.
The maneuver removed from a camera on board the blue mind and plays in an almost fantastic haze not only to the extraterrestrial strong of the surface of the lunar, but also to the huge dust flags that wash over the camera.
If we increase the feeling of cinematic awe, we also have a perfect view of our own shadows of the landing when he lands. And if you pay enough attention, you can even see a rock from the engines into the air, and so calm you would think that the spaceship quickly leaves to celebrate.
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If your interest is awakened – and how could it not be? – Firefly shared other pictures and videos of the mission, including Film material of the blue spirit, which circles about sixty miles over the surface of the moon.
The Blue Ghost mission, which was sponsored by the Commercial Lunar Payoad Services program of 101.5 million US dollars, began in January when it was introduced into the orbit with a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Now that it has landed, the Blue Ghost is expected to be operated up to 14 days or about a lunar day.
The country bears a scientific payload of ten instruments, some of which are used to check the moon environment. One thing is on the radar of NASA Moon dustWhich is extremely fine and sticky and causes all sorts of mechanical problems for visiting machines and is a possible health risk for astronauts. In addition to these implications, scientists are interested in how the dust, which comes from the layer of loose surface floor, which scientists call mondregolith, reacts to solar influences.
Not all the work is focused on the moon. The rocky satellite offers a great viewpoint of the earth and use this, an energy doctor X -ray instrument on board the blue mind Try to grasp the first global view of the earth’s magnetic field Interact with the sun wind or the high -speed gust of invited particles.
“Science and technology that we send to the moon is now helping to prepare the way for the future NASA exploration and long-term human presence to inspire the world for future generations,” said the Associate Administrator of NASA Associate for Science Nicky Fox.
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