Ma ka 2 Malaki 2025, ʻUhane ʻulaʻula, ka moon lander i kūkulu ʻia e ka hui pilikino ʻAiʻoniʻoniʻoniʻoni ua hoʻopaʻa pono ʻia ma ka ʻili o ka mahina ma kahi kokoke i kahi hiʻona lua pele i kapa ʻia ʻo Mons Latreille i loko o Mare Crisium, kahi kīʻaha ʻoi aku ma mua o 300 mau mile ka laulā ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau hikina o ka ʻaoʻao kokoke o ka mahina. Aia ka lander i kahi hoʻonohonoho kū pololei a paʻa.
ʻO kēia ka manawa mua o kahi mokulele mokulele e hoʻokō ana i kahi pae palupalu kūleʻa i ka mahina.
Lawe ka Blue Ghost lander i kahi hui o nā mea ʻepekema a me ka ʻenehana NASA a ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia e hana i nā hoʻokolohua ma ka ʻili o ka mahina ma kahi o hoʻokahi lā mahina, a i ʻole 14 mau lā o ka Honua.
ʻO kēia hāʻawi lunar he ʻāpana o ka NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative a me Artemis campaign. ʻO kēia ka hāʻawi mua CLPS no Firefly Aerospace.
Ua hoʻomaka ʻia ka hoʻolālā ʻana o NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) e hoʻolaha i ka hana hou a me ka ulu ʻana o ka ʻoihana kikowaena pilikino a e hōʻemi i ke kumukūʻai a me ka wikiwiki ʻana i ka ʻimi lunar i ka misionari Artemis. Ma lalo o kēia papahana, ʻaelike ʻo NASA i nā lawelawe kaʻa kaʻa i nā hui ʻAmelika ma o ka hoʻokūkū hoʻokūkū. I kēia lā, ʻelima mau mea kūʻai aku i hāʻawi ʻia i nā ʻaelike no 11 mau hoʻopuka mahina ma lalo o ka hoʻolālā CLPS e pili ana i ka hoʻouna ʻana o nā mea kani he 50 i nā wahi like ʻole ma ka Moon, me ka lunar South Pole.
ʻO ka hoʻoikaika ʻana o ka 'Commercialization' a NASA i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka pae kūleʻa o Blue Ghost. Ua wehe ia i ke ala no nā mikiona kalepa e hiki mai ana i ka Moon a me Mars.
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E hoʻomaopopo ':
- NASA. Paʻi ʻana! E lawe ana i ka ʻepekema NASA, nā ʻāina ʻuhane ʻulaʻula o Firefly ma ka mahina. Hoʻopuka ʻia 2 Malaki 2025. Loaʻa ma https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/touchdown-carrying-nasa-science-fireflys-blue-ghost-lands-on-moon/
- Misiona Blue Ghost 1: Live Updates 4 March 2025. Loaʻa ma https://fireflyspace.com/news/blue-ghost-mission-1-live-updates/
- ʻUhane ʻulaʻula https://fireflyspace.com/blue-ghost/
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Pākuʻi pili
- E hoʻopilikia anei ka hana ʻole o Lunar Lander 'Peregrine Mission One' i nā hana 'Commercialization' NASA? (10 Ianuali 2024)
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