Posted on 03/03/2025 11:32:16 AM PST by MtnClimber
Explanation: There's a new lander on the Moon. Yesterday Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost executed the first-ever successful commercial lunar landing. During its planned 60-day mission, Blue Ghost will deploy several NASA-commissioned scientific instruments, including PlanetVac which captures lunar dust after creating a small whirlwind of gas. Blue Ghost will also host the telescope LEXI that captures X-ray images of the Earth's magnetosphere. LEXI data should enable a better understanding of how Earth's magnetic field protects the Earth from the Sun's wind and flares. Pictured, the shadow of the Blue Ghost lander is visible on the cratered lunar surface, while the glowing orb of the planet Earth hovers just over the horizon. Goals for future robotic Blue Ghost landers include supporting lunar astronauts in NASA's Artemis program, with Artemis III currently scheduled to land humans back on the Moon in 2027.
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If you believe in flat earth, is there also a flat moon?
WHAT TOOK THE PICTURE?????
Looks like a crow with rampage on its mind.
Isn’t there a module to land on the moon tomorrow by Intuitve Machines!
Rocket blast off last week.
That is a BADASS pic.
It did.
That’s it’s own shadow.................
Last night as I drove by the building where it was built at Cedar Park, I looked up a the moon where it now sits. Blew me away. Yeah. And the Stars won, 4-0.
The lander took a picture of its shadow.
3 days to landing for IM’s lander.
A lot happening today- Ariane 6 launches at about 2:30 PM Central Time, and then Starship at 5:30 PM Central.
Are they using a digital camera from 20 years ago?
bttt
really!?? The shadows of the clefs on the surface are compatible the light reflection off the surface, but the shadow of the lander is the opposite direction!!
I call BULLSHIT on yet another NASA “picture”.
And no where in the text does it state this farce is an artist rendition...
and PS.... the earth in the background is fake as well... with the direction of the light reflection on the moon’s surface the earth should appear as a cresent with the top half lit up...
No Earth will be almost full, we just past the New Moon here
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