The Moon will be a busy place this year. There are currently three robotic spacecraft in space that aim to set on the surface of the moon.
The first of the people coming – Austin will try to land in the early hours of Sunday, Austin, the Blue Ghost Chandra Lander produced by the firefly aerospace of Texas.
When is the landing and how can I see it?
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The landing is scheduled for eastern time on 2 March at 3:45 pm. Will start firefly live Landing coverage 2:20 pm from your YouTube channel.
What is the destination of blue ghost?
The mission leads to the mare to the chrysium, a flat ground formed from the lava that is filled with an ancient asteroid effect, filled and rigid inside the 345-mile wide pit carved. The mare is in the Northeast IV of the Crisium Moon.
What is the blue ghost taking on the moon?
Lander is carrying a variety of scientific and experimental payloads on the lunar surface, including 10 for NASA. These include a drill to measure heat flow from the interior of the moon to the surface, an electronic dust gradient to clean the glass and radiator surfaces, and an X-ray camera.
That cargo is part of the commercial lunar payload service, or CLP, which aims to place NASA tools at a inexpensive price on the moon, if NASA created its own lunar lander. The agency firefly will pay $ 101.5 million if all 10 payloads reach the lunar surface, and if the mission is not completely successful then a little less.
The third CLPS mission to launch Blue Ghost Moon is. First, in 2024, from Astrobotic of Pittsburgh, failed after launching. Second, last year, by Houston’s spontaneous machines, reached the moon, but exploded.
Why is landing happening in such an early hour?
Physics to reach a certain place in the solar system at a certain time does not always match when people wake up to see. The Blue Ghost Lander spacecraft gets its strength from the solar panels, and thus the mission is targeting to land soon after the morning of a new lunar day. And to get the mare on 2 March to get Crisium, the landing time turned out at 3:45 pm
“This happens when this happens,” Ray Elanceworth said, Program Manager of Blue Ghost in Jugnu.
Mission is to last about 14 earth days till the lunar sunset.
How has the mission gone so far?
Blue Ghost has almost performed completely. For the first 25 days, it revolved the Earth because the company turned on and examined the system of the spacecraft. It removed his engine on a four -day journey towards the moon, entering the class on 13 February. The cameras of the spacecraft have recorded close-up scenes of the moon’s pit surface.
Some small glitches have come in the way, but there is no major malfunction. Mostly, the mission controllers made adjustments because they learned how the spacecraft behaved in the space environment.
“Thermal alarm may be closed,” said Ms. Elanceworth. “Things are getting a bit hot compared to planned, slightly cool than planned on the vehicle. You want to see that data and see if it is really fine. ,
What happened to the other lunar lander launched with Blue Ghost?
On the same SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which launched the Blue Ghost to Orbit, was flexibility, a lunar lander manufactured by Japan’s steel. The two missions are different, but the Space in search of an inexpensive ride for space, asked Spacex for a rideshare, that is,, prevent a ride as a secondary payload. This blue ghost launch came out.
Although the blue ghost was launched at the same time, it is taking a long, more fuel-skilled route to the moon and is expected to enter the orbit around the moon in early May.
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