Blue Ghost

Powering a landing on the Moon as early as 2024

SolAero by Rocket Lab is providing the solar panels to power Blue Ghost, a lunar lander developed by Firefly Aerospace to deliver ten NASA payloads to the Moon's surface.

ASI by Rocket Lab is also providing the lander flight software, ground software, GN&C software, trajectory design, orbit determination, and avionics/flight software testbed integration. ASI by Rocket Lab is also hosting the backup mission operations center.

The robotic Blue Ghost lander is part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program that works with companies to deliver science and technology to the lunar surface to explore the Moon and prepare for human missions.