Yesterday, March 2, 2025, Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 successfully delivered 10 science and technology instruments to the lunar surface as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative. Upon launching on January 15, 2025, Blue Ghost spent 45 days traveling to the Moon, allowing ample time to conduct health checks on each subsystem and begin payload science. Yesterday, Blue Ghost landed in Mare Crisium (near Mons Latreille) and will operate payloads for a complete lunar day (about 14 Earth days). On March 14th, Firefly expects to capture high-definition imagery of a total eclipse when the Earth blocks the sun above the Moon’s horizon. Blue Ghost will then capture the lunar sunset on March 16th, providing data on how lunar dust levitates due to solar influences and creates a lunar horizon glow first documented by Eugene Cernan on Apollo 17. Following sunset, Blue Ghost will operate several hours into the lunar night. Blue Ghost lunar landers will be flying annual missions to the Moon with payload services customized to the technology and exploration goals of each customer.