SpaceX's Falcon 9 is scheduled to launch at approximately 1:11 a.m. EST, and will not only have Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost 1 lander on board, but also the Japanese robotic spacecraft firm's Resilience lander. iSpace. The spacecraft will take 45 days to travel to the Moon before spending another 14 days conducting operations on the surface. It is not known if we will be able to see it take off.
The Firefly lander will carry 10 NASA payloads to the surface. They are designed to measure various particle compositions, thermal properties and electromagnetic activity of both the Moon and Earth. It will collect data for various applications, from improving landing and takeoff procedures to learning about the Moon's resources and its history.
the call <a target="_blank" href="https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/heliophysics/nasas-lexi-will-provide-x-ray-vision-of-earths-magnetosphere/”>LEXI payload is particularly interesting: it is an x-ray machine that can read the Earth's magnetic field. NASA will use the data to see how our magnetosphere interacts with solar winds, which could ultimately help detect and accurately track solar weather patterns that cause power outages on Earth and interfere with GPS and satellite systems.
This would be NASA's second attempt to implement such technology. It first launched the device, then known as STORM, into space in 2012. However, it didn't land on the moon and couldn't get the full image that LEXI's wide-angle sensors will be able to capture.
