With Onset Of Lunar Night, Firefly’s Blue Ghost Signs Off

From its lunar south pole landing site, Firefly’s Blue Ghost captured the totality of a solar eclipse on March 14. Credit: Firefly Aerospace

From its lunar south pole landing site, Firefly’s Blue Ghost captured the totality of a solar eclipse on March 14.

Credit: Firefly Aerospace
After 14 days on the lunar surface and 5 hr. after the onset of lunar night, the first fully successful U.S. mission on the Moon’s surface since 1972 came to a close, with a final download of data from the Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost lander at 7:15 p.m. EDT March 16. “Firefly met 100% of its...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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