After landing on the moon with NASA science and technology demonstration on March 2, the Blue Goast Mission 1 of Fire Fly Aerospace concluded its mission on March 16. NASA devices are undergoing analysis of data returning to Earth, which benefited future lunar missions.
As part of the NASA CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services), the Blue Goast Lander of the Firefly provided 10 NASA Science and Technology devices in Marri Christium Basin, near the moon, as part of the Initiative and Artemis campaign. During the mission, Blue Goast occupied several photos and videos, including a total solar moon eclipse from the surface of the moon and a sunset. The mission remained equal to about 14 days, or a lunar day, and for more than one hour in the lunar night before the end.
“The Blue Goast Mission of the Fire Fly, 1, identifies the longest level of trade mission on the moon, which will benefit humanity for decades to come,” said Nikki Fox, the Associate Administrator, Associate Administrator, Associate Administrator, the NASA Headquarters Directorate in Washington. “With NASA’s CLPS Initiative, US companies are now at the forefront of the emerging lunar economy that highlights the moon and beyond the agency’s search goals.”
All 10 NASA Payloads successfully activated, collected data, and conducted operations on the moon. Throughout the mission, Blue Goast transferred 119 gigabytes data back to Earth, which includes 51 gigabytes of science and technology data. In addition, all Payloads were provided with additional opportunities to collect more data for science and analysis, including eclipse and lunar sunset.
“Working on the moon is 10 pay loads,” said Joel Carenes, Deputy Associate Administrator, Deputy Associate Administrator, Deputy Associate Administrator, NASA Headquarters, NASA Headquarters.
In other achievements, many NASA devices performed the first demonstrations of science and technology, including:
- The lunch device for all surface thermal exploration is now a thermal investigation of the surface surface of the deep robotic planet, which digests up to 3 feet and demonstrates the first type of robotic thermal measurement at various depths.
- To add to the moon level and for the first time, from satellite networks like GPS and Galileo, the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) received and tracked. Loggari Payload record breaks successfully shows that GNSS can complete other methods of signal navigation and can be used to support future artemic missions. It also serves as a steep stone for the future navigation system on Mars.
- The radiation tolerant computer successfully operated the transit through the Earth’s Wan Allen Belt, as well as at a ghelm level, confirmed a solution to reduce radiation effects on the computer, which can make future missions safe for goods and can be more cost -effective.
- The electrodicatic dust shield successfully lifted and removed the surfaces using electrodinic powers, and demonstrated a passionate solution for dust reduction on future lunar and internationally surface tasks.
- The lunar magnetic sound has successfully deployed five sensors to study the entry of the moon by measureing electricity and magnetic fields. This device allows scientists to deepen the inner part of the moon to 700 miles, or more than half of the moon center.
- Lunar Environment Haliferic X -ray Amigar To study the interactions of the solar wind and the magnetic field of the earth, a series of X -ray images were caught, providing insights on how the weather and other cosmic forces around the earth affect the planet.
- The next generation’s lunar retrieval Filter successfully reflected and returned the laser light from two lunar laser range, which allowed scientists to measure precise measurements of the moon and distance from the earth, to expand our understanding of the moon’s inner structure.
- The stereo cameras of the Lunar Plum surface study device captured about 9,000 images during the spacecraft’s lunar descent and touchdown on the moon, providing insights to the effects of engine plums. Pay load was also run during sunset and lunar at night.
- The lunar Planet Week was deployed to the Lander level access arm and was successfully deposited, transferred and configured using pressure nitrogen gas, which showed low cost, low -mass solution for future robotic samples reserves.
- Regulith’s restriction feature inspected how the lunar regeneous moon -exposed material is sticking to the moon environment, which helps to test, improve and protect the spacecraft, space suits, and residences with lunar dust or regulators.
The caught data will benefit humanity in a number of ways, which will provide insight into how space weather and other cosmic forces can affect the earth. Establishing better awareness of the lunar environment before future staff missions will help in the long -term work project under Artemis.
To date, five shopkeepers have been awarded 11 lunar delivery under the CLP and they are sending more than 50 devices to various locations on the moon, including the south pole and far away.
Learn more about NASA’s CLPS Initiative Auto:
https://www.nasa.gov/clps
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Elvis Fisher
Headquarters, Washington
202-617-4977
alise.m.fisher@nasa.gov
Natalia Revisch / Nilfar Ramaji
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
nataila.s.riusech@nasa.gov / nilufar.ramji@nasa.gov
Antonia Jermillo
Kennedy Space Center, Florida
321-501-8425
Antonia.jaramilllobotero@nasa.gov
