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  1. #Cinematography in 1902 was nowhere near advanced enough to fake a #moonLanding so we have to accept Georges #Méliès' <<Le voyage dans la lune>> as a record of the first successful French moon shot.

    It's a shame that they lost their #moonBase to the NAZIs in 1940 & never got it back.

  2. Interesting lessons learned by Firefly's Blue Ghost lunar lander.

    1) Temperature swings on the moon "were really, really crazy."
    2) Geographic features of the moon also affect temperature variations.
    3) Special and unique battery designs will be needed to survive at night on the moon.

    Firefly is now qualifying and assembling flight hardware for Blue Ghost Mission-2, and is expecting to execute annual missions to the moon. space.com/space-exploration/pr #space #moon #moonlanding #FireflyAerospace #nasa #blueghost

  3. #BlueGhost

    LISTER Drill Surface Operations. NASA's instrument for subsurface thermal exploration began drilling into the surface shortly after landing to determine the heat flow from the interior of the Moon.

    Released Mar. 10, 2025, Credit: Firefly Aerospace
    flic.kr/p/2qRfAfo

    #BGM1 #space #firefly #LISTER #news #science #STEM #Moon #MoonLanding #Astrodon #geology

  4. #BlueGhost

    Deployment of the Lunar Magnetotelluric Sounder (LMS) electrodes to the surface and a 8-foot mast above the top deck. LMS will be used to characterize the structure and composition of the Moon’s mantle.

    Mar. 7, 2025, Credit: Firefly Aerospace
    📷 flic.kr/p/2qQzm68

    #BGM1 #space #firefly #LMS #news #science #STEM #Moon #MoonLanding #Astrodon #geology

  5. #BlueGhost Lunar Surface Shadow Selfie

    Shortly after landing, Blue Ghost's captured another shadow selfie showing the deployed X-band antenna (left) and LEXI payload (right) on the top deck.

    Mar. 7, 2025, Credit: Firefly Aerospace
    📷 flic.kr/p/2qQBz4r

    #BGM1 #space #firefly #PlanetVac #regolith #LunarRegolith #news #science #STEM #Moon #MoonLanding #Astrodon

  6. #BlueGhost

    One of Blue Ghost's 10 NASA Payloads, Lunar PlanetVac successfully collected, transferred, and sorted lunar soil from the Moon using pressurized nitrogen gas.

    Mar. 6, 2025, Credit: Firefly Aerospace
    📷 flic.kr/p/2qQkj7S

    #BGM1 #space #firefly #PlanetVac #regolith #LunarRegolith #news #science #STEM #Moon #MoonLanding #Astrodon

  7. 55 years ago today. And my #Apollo11 landing commemorative t-shirt arrived just in time for it. My father helped develop guidance systems for the Apollo lunar lander, it’s amazing that they succeeded with the technology of that time.

    #moon #MoonLanding #Apollo #Méliès

  8. 20 July 1969. The country and the world were divided in a lot of ways but this was a moment we all shared together. Photo by Buzz Aldrin.

    #moon #moonlanding #nasa #apollo11 #seaoftranquility #space