# @nasaartemis on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DCzyCsMP5b9
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- **Posted:** 2024-11-25T21:16:01.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA Artemis (@nasaartemis) — https://gondola.cc/nasaartemis

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Behold: Blue Ghost One! ✨⁣
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Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission One lander will launch from NASAKennedy Space Center on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to the Moon. The first Firefly Aerospace launch to the lunar surface will carry onboard 10 NASA science and technology instruments. This mission is a part of our Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative and #Artemis campaign.⁣
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A six-day launch window opens no earlier than mid-January 2025. Blue Ghost One will land near a volcanic feature called Mons Latreille within Mare Crisium, a more than 300-mile-wide (500-km-wide) basin located in the northeast quadrant of the lunar near side. The payloads onboard will be used to test lunar subsurface drilling, regolith sample collection, lunar dust mitigation, and more technologies that will help prepare for future human missions to the lunar surface. ⁣
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Image description: Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission One lander, seen here, will carry 10 NASA science and technology instruments to the Moon’s near side. The lunar lander is standing in a white clean room and is covered in copper-colored thermal blankets. The lander has folded solar panels and four legs. ⁣
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Credit: Firefly Aerospace⁣
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#LunarLander #NASA #Science #STEM #Moon #TheMoon #Space

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science, nasa, stem, space, moon, lunarlander, themoon, artemis

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