Firefly Aerospace отправит ровер NASA на Луну в 2028 году.

The mission utilizes the Blue Ghost 3 lander from the American private company Firefly Aerospace. It will transport six payloads to the Moon to study the Gruithuisen crater and collect regolith samples. Some of the scientific instruments will be mounted on the lunar rover.

The primary objective is to assist scientists in understanding the formation of the Gruithuisen domes, an area characterized by rocks that appear to be composed of silica-rich magma, resembling granite. On Earth, granite forms through plate tectonics and in the presence of water, which is absent on the Moon, leaving researchers uncertain about how the Gruithuisen domes were formed.