Blue Ghost lands on Moon with Italian navigation tech
Blue Ghost lander landed on the Moon with a key Italian-made navigation instrument aboard, the second Moon landing by a private vehicle, CE Report quotes ANSA.
The Blue Ghost lander has landed on the lunar soil and on board there is an Italian LuGre instrument for satellite navigation.
The vehicle, built by the company Firefly Aerospace is the second private lander to land on the moon, one year after the Odysseus lander of the Intuitive Machine.
The LuGre receiver was born from the collaboration between the Italian Space Agency and NASA and made in Italy by the Veneto company Qascom, which built the instrument and supports the mission operations, and with the scientific support of the Polytechnic of Turin, which contributed to defining the scientific objectives and manages the data processing.
The president of the Italian Space Agency (ASI); Teodoro Valente, said the event was a "challenge that has been won".
Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani also hailed the achievement, saying: "How proud, Italy is on the Moon.
I just learned that a NASA mission completed the moon landing operations also thanks to Italian technologies provided by a Veneto SME.
It is a historic feat, yet another proof of Italian excellence that continues to stand out in the world".
