Firefly gets nod from NASA to deliver Lunar Pathfinder to the Moon
that will be crewed by a Japanese billionaire and a"crew of artists, content creators, and athletes from all around the world," because science is for nerds.
We asked Firefly how it plans to launch its second Moon mission and it told us that because of the size of the two-stage Blue Ghost spacecraft, it would be collaborating with"another launch partner for this lunar mission." It said the specific launch vehicle hadn't been finalized yet, although it said that in future lunar missions, the Blue Ghost lander could be launched via Firefly's new Medium Launch Vehicle, which is being co-developed with Northrop Grumman.
The aerospace company added that global events including the Ukrainian war had an impact on its original mission schedule, and that it had been"no longer able to import engines from its planned supplier", but said the team overcame this problem by switching main engine suppliers and developing its own reaction control system thrusters.
Manufacturing many"key Blue Ghost components in house" worked out for the engineers, who said they were"confident in the 2024 timeline for Blue Ghost Mission 1" after building their own core avionics, batteries and thrusters as well as the primary structure. ®
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