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Powered Descent Initiation has begun. During this 9-minute braking burn, Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar lander is fully autonomous, using D’Souza Guidance — a model similar to the guidance used during the Apollo Moon missions — to position itself above the target landing site and pitch over from a horizontal to a vertical orientation. This critical…
Kraft March 2, 2025 Also Featured In Artemis Blue Ghost Begins 9-Minute Braking

Carrying a suite of NASA science and technology payloads to the Moon, Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 touched down on the lunar surface at 3:34 a.m. EST on Sunday. Throughout Blue Ghost’s mission, the agency’s scientific instruments aim to test and demonstrate lunar subsurface drilling technology, regolith sample collection capabilities, global navigation satellite system…
Kraft March 2, 2025 Also Featured In Artemis NASA Science Touches Down on Moon

After launching Jan. 15 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander is preparing to land on the Moon at 3:34 a.m. EST near a volcanic feature called Mons Latreille within Mare Crisium, a more than 300-mile-wide basin located in the northeast quadrant of the Moon’s near side. Watch now on…
Kraft March 2, 2025 Also Featured In Artemis NASA+ Coverage Begins for Firefly

NASA and the Korea AeroSpace Administration (KASA) signed an agreement May 2 for KASA to fly a CubeSat on NASA’s Artemis II test flight next year. K-Rad Cube will use a dosimeter made of material designed to mimic human tissue to measure space radiation and assess biological effects at various altitudes across the Van Allen…
Kraft May 2, 2025 Categories Artemis Also Featured In Artemis NASA Set to Fly South

Mission Control, astronaut Deke Slayton left discusses a point with Christopher Kraft

In August 1968, Apollo Spacecraft Program Manager George M. Low faced a dilemma.  The clock was inexorably ticking away to meet President John F.
Kraft, Jr., Director of Flight Operations, for his opinion. 

On August 27, 1973, on what would have been President Lyndon B. Johnson’s 65th birthday, NASA held formal dedication ceremonies at the Center newly renamed
Kraft, Jr., said of the decision, “We are pleased and proud to have our Center bear

The Space Launch System’s core stage liquid oxygen (LOX) and liquid hydrogen (LH2) tanks are fully fueled and both are being replenished. During replenish, the propellant that naturally boils off is being replaced to ensure the tanks are at full capacity for launch. A “go” has been given for liquid oxygen loading into the interim …
Kraft August 29, 2022 Categories Artemis 1 Also Featured In Artemis Core Stage

Launch controllers have completed the pre-pressurization test, obtaining pressure and temperature level readings as desired.  Controllers are continuing with the procedures for today’s test, gathering additional data.
Kraft September 21, 2022 Categories Artemis 1 Also Featured In Artemis Pre-Pressurization

Launch controllers have started flowing liquid hydrogen to the core stage again after troubleshooting the reoccurrence of a leak. This time engineers attempted to reseat the seal in a quick disconnect cavity where the leak occurred by applying pressure to it with helium.
Kraft September 3, 2022 Categories Artemis 1 Also Featured In Artemis Liquid Hydrogen