Blue Ghost is a commercial lunar lander developed by Firefly Aerospace for NASA’s CLPS program. Blue Ghost is designed to bring up to 155kg of payload to the lunar surface. It will land at Mare Crisium in the Crisium Basin and is designed to last 14 days before freezing in the lunar night.
Resilience is the second mission of the Hakuto-R commercial lunar lander developed by private Japanese company ispace. The lander will carry a small rover developed by ispace to perform studies on the moon’s surface. The rover is also expected to collect lunar regolith as part of a contract with NASA signed in 2020, in which companies will collect materials on the moon and then transfer ownership “in situ” to the agency.
Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.
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Mission Profile
Blue Ghost Lunar Lander Mission 1 & Hakuto-R M2 “Resilience” was a Falcon 9 Block 5 mission operated by SpaceX that lifted off from Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA on January 15, 2025. The flight carried its payload on a lunar exploration mission to Lunar Orbit. The first stage, booster B1085, made its 5th flight, returning to service just 29 days after its previous mission. The launch was a success.