#blueghost

A Lunar Sunset Video capturing the horizon glow. The NASA science team is excited to analyze these images further and share more on the findings soon!

Credit: Firefly Aerospace
https://flic.kr/p/2qSJJfR

#BGM1 #Sunset #Moon

**Daniel Pomarède** @pomarede@mastodon.social · Mar 18

Mar 18

Sunset on the Moon captured by Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar lander. With Earth and Venus on top of that!

Credit: Firefly Aerospace
https://flic.kr/p/2qSHJA7

A lunar landscape at sunset. A large bright spot on the horizon line is the sun setting. Another large bright spot above it is the Earth. A small bright dot is Venus.

#BGM1 #Moon #space

**Daniel Fischer** @cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz · Mar 18

Mar 18

YouTubeNASA and Firefly Final Update on Blue Ghost Moon MissionBy NASA Video

At the top of the hour a NASA and Firefly Final Update on #BlueGhost Moon Mission live on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSy69T0HuZ4

**Daniel Pomarède** @pomarede@mastodon.social · Mar 17

Mar 17

#BlueGhost #FireflyAerospace #BGM1

Mission mode change detected, now in Monument Mode.
Goodnight friends.

Blue Ghost’s final message as it signs off from the Moon

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**Daniel Fischer** @cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz · Mar 17

Mar 17

Brian Sletten @bsletten@mastodon.social

The moment the #BlueGhost went silent at 23:15 UTC tonight as observed with the Bochum dish: https://x.com/amsatdl/status/1901416992537505801 - ten minutes later Firefly Aerospace distributed the 'final message' https://x.com/Firefly_Space/status/1901414669677449256 but it isn't clear if or when it was actually transmitted from the Moon. And we also weren't told whether the planned post-sunset observations of the lunar horizon were carried out and whether any data were received before the battery died.

The moment the signal died - here it is already down to half the value before, moments later only silence.

**Brian Sletten** @bsletten@mastodon.social · Mar 15

Mar 15

Not everyone’s rockets are blowing up:

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/lunar-eclipse-moon-lander-blue-ghost

Science News · Mar 14The Blue Ghost lander just witnessed a lunar eclipse — from the moonThe privately-owned lander turned its cameras toward Earth as our planet cast its shadow over the moon. It’s not the first spacecraft to do so.

#science #moon #eclipse

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**Daniel Pomarède** @pomarede@mastodon.social · Mar 14

#FireflyAerospace #Venuse #Mercury

High resolution image of the eclipse seen from the Moon by #BlueGhost. You can also spot Mercury (left) and Venus (right) just above the eclipse! This is amazing!!!

Credit: Firefly Aerospace
https://flic.kr/p/2qRZAU

Solar Eclipse photo where the Blue Ghost lander turns red.

**Daniel Pomarède** @pomarede@mastodon.social · Mar 14

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2P-z_cXsOs
https://fireflyspace.com/news/blue-ghost-mission-1-live-updates/
8/n

Out of this world footage captured from the Moon by the #BlueGhost lander during the solar eclipse.

Credit: Firefly Aerospace
https://flic.kr/p/2qRZAUk #FireflyAerospace #BGM1 #Moon #Earth #SolarEclipse #science #STEM #space #news #photography #astronomy #astrodon

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**AkaSci** @AkaSci@fosstodon.org · Mar 14 *

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AkaSci @AkaSci@fosstodon.org

Here is a time-lapse video posted by Firefly Aerospace of the solar eclipse and "diamond ring" seen by the Blue Ghost Lander last night.

The glowing ring of the eclipse is also reflected on the solar panel.

The large ring seen in the reflection on the solar panel is clearly an artifact.

Earth looks small because of the wide angle lens.

#BlueGhost healthily survived the ~2 hours of totality with little sunlight to charge its batteries.

YouTubeSolar Eclipse From the Lunar Surface - Blue Ghost Mission 1By Firefly Aerospace

**Ted Pavlic (he/him)** @tedpavlic@mas.to · Mar 14

Ted Pavlic (he/him) @tedpavlic@mas.to

Images *from the moon* of the sun and earth during the lunar eclipse. It's like a lunar solar eclipse!
#space #moon #eclipse #firefly #blueghost

Space.com: "Wow! Private lunar lander watches 'diamond ring' eclipse from the surface of the moon (photo)"
https://www.space.com/the-universe/moon/wow-private-lunar-lander-watches-diamond-ring-eclipse-from-the-surface-of-the-moon-photo

Space · Mar 14Wow! Private lunar lander watches 'diamond ring' eclipse from the surface of the moon (photo)By Brett Tingley

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**Daniel Fischer** @cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz · Mar 14

And here it is, the first picture of a total #SolarEclipse from the surface of the Moon since 1967, taken by the #BlueGhost this morning: https://www.flickr.com/photos/fireflyspace/54386246629/in/album-72177720313239766 - remember that this may look like your typical #DiamondRing picture at first, but with a total eclipse from Earth caused by the Moon the latter has the same size as the Sun, and it's the bright inner corona that closes the ring. Here it is the Earth's atmosphere forward-scattering sunlight and totally overwhelming the corona.

**Daniel Pomarède** @pomarede@mastodon.social · Mar 14

Whoah

Credit: Firefly Aerospace
https://flic.kr/p/2qRVJkp

Solar Eclipse captured from the Moon by Blue Ghost Mission 1. The photo shows the Sun about to emerge from totality behind Earth.

#BGM1 #Moon #Earth

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**Ohsin** @Ohsin@mastodon.social · Mar 14

Ohsin @Ohsin@mastodon.social

@AkaSci Here we go! #SolarEclipse #BlueGhost #Firefly

Firefly aerospace on X:
BlueGhost got her first diamond ring! Captured at our landing site in the Moon’s Mare Crisium around 3:30 am CDT, the photo shows the sun about to emerge from totality behind Earth. Hope to have more shots to share soon!

**Daniel Fischer** @cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz · Mar 14

During tonight's total #LunarEclipse the #BlueGhost lander on the Moon will try to observe a #SolarEclipse by the Earth: see https://fireflyspace.com/news/blue-ghost-mission-1-live-updates/ (13 March update) for details. The only such observation from the lunar surface so far had been perforned by Surveyor III in 1967 (left image; see https://www.facebook.com/groups/SolarEclipseChasers/posts/4879374148751486/ for what's going on) - and even Blue Ghost's wide-angle camera should see at least as much detail of the backlit atmosphere as its March 3rd Earth image on the right demonstrates.

**Daniel Pomarède** @pomarede@mastodon.social · Mar 13

Mar 13