Blue Ghost Lander lands on the moon..!?

A private company has set foot on the moon on its own. With this incident, which took place for the first time in world history, space experiments and especially the efforts to establish habitation on the moon have taken another step forward. The 'Blue Ghost' lander of the American Firefly Aerospace Company has slowly landed on the moon on autopilot. It is said that it landed on the northeastern tip of the moon on the slopes of an ancient volcano. It must be said that this budding company, which was born a decade ago, has recently created history. Firefly Aerospace Company Chief engineer Will Kogan revealed that Blue Ghost avoided many pitfalls in its landing. So far, private companies from many countries have tried and failed to land landers on the moon.
With mishaps like misfiring, crash landing, collapsing, and tipping over, no private company's lander has landed safely on the moon. In contrast, it is remarkable that a private company has recently achieved this feat. Another interesting thing is that.. although there are many countries in the world, the list of countries that have successfully landed a lander on the moon is also limited. The only countries that have achieved that feat are America, Russia, China, India, and Japan. The name of the lander that has already landed on the moon, is Blue Ghost. It was named after a rare species of dung beetle in America. Within half an hour of landing on the moon, the company took photos of the area where it landed and sent them to the Mission Control Center in Austin, USA. This four-legged lander is 2 meters high and 3.5 meters wide. It was launched from the Space Launch Center in florida on january 15. This lander will test the dust on the moon. It will drill a ten-foot deep hole and examine the soil there. The workings of the device that sweeps away the lunar dust that accumulates on the space suits of nasa astronauts were also tested there. Intuitive Machines is preparing to launch a four-meter-high lander this Thursday. It is expected to land a hundred miles away from the South Pole. Although a lander was successfully landed in the same area last year, it became useless after one of its legs was broken in the process. Two years ago, this company launched a lander, but it crashed on the moon after a high speed. The lander of Japan's iSpace company is also preparing to launch on the moon soon.
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Sowmiya Sriram

03/03/2025 08:23 PM