Robot model
Blue Ghost Lander
Commercial lunar lander using vision-based terrain-relative navigation and autonomous hazard avoidance (cameras identify craters/slopes/rocks and select a safe…
- Manufacturer
- Firefly Aerospace
- Form factor
- space
- Maturity
- commercial
- Lifecycle
- active
- Deployments
- 1
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Key facts
Focus
Robot
Specs
Role
Autonomy
Data & sources
Web sources
2
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Pricing
No verified price is on record for Blue Ghost Lander. Physical-AI systems are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price.
Deployments (1)
First fully successful commercial soft-landing on the Moon.
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Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 6, 2026
Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 1 landing
- Record createdJun 5, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedMar 2, 2025
at The Moon
Deployment-verified media (1)
Firefly Aerospace's coverage of its Blue Ghost Mission 1 lunar landing (March 2025), the first fully successful commercial soft landing, touching down upright and operational. The 'precision landing' framing is the maker's, but the upright-and-operational outcome is independently verified.
From deployment: The Moon
Regulatory filings (1)
- CLPS Task Order (BGM1)other · othergranted
Applicant: Firefly Aerospace
Safety record
No incidents on record for Blue Ghost Lander.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Sources (2)
Common questions
- What is Blue Ghost Lander?
- Commercial lunar lander using vision-based terrain-relative navigation and autonomous hazard avoidance (cameras identify craters/slopes/rocks and select a safe target in final descent).
- How much does Blue Ghost Lander cost?
- Blue Ghost Lander's price is not publicly disclosed. DEPLOY has no verified price on record for Blue Ghost Lander from Firefly Aerospace. Physical-AI systems like this are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price; check the manufacturer for the latest.
- Is Blue Ghost Lander actually deployed in the real world?
- Yes. Blue Ghost Lander is independently verified in real-world operation on the DEPLOY registry, confirmed at named deployment sites with primary sources: not a concept, render, or demo-only.
- Who makes Blue Ghost Lander?
- Blue Ghost Lander is made by Firefly Aerospace, based in Cedar Park, Texas, USA, founded in 2014.
- Where is Blue Ghost Lander deployed?
- 1 verified deployment of Blue Ghost Lander is on the DEPLOY registry, including at The Moon.
- Can you buy Blue Ghost Lander?
- Blue Ghost Lander is in commercial deployment and is sold to operators; contact the manufacturer to buy, and see the pricing section for any recorded price.
- Is Blue Ghost Lander approved by regulators?
- Blue Ghost Lander has 1 regulatory record on the DEPLOY registry: regulatory filing (CLPS Task Order (BGM1)), granted. See the Regulatory filings section for each agency source.
- What are alternatives to Blue Ghost Lander?
- On the DEPLOY registry, comparable space robots to Blue Ghost Lander include Chang'e Lander, Mira, W-Series Capsule, Astrobee.
- How does Blue Ghost Lander compare to Chang'e Lander?
- Blue Ghost Lander and Chang'e Lander (China National Space Administration · 4 deployments) are both space robots on the DEPLOY registry. Blue Ghost Lander has 1 verified deployment on record. Compare both records for specs, safety, deployments, and verified-vs-claimed autonomy.
- Is Blue Ghost Lander a top space?
- On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, safety, adoption, media, and IP signals, Blue Ghost Lander ranks in roughly the top 71% of space models tracked by the registry.
- What is Blue Ghost Lander's maturity stage?
- Blue Ghost Lander is at the commercial stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Commercial stage means production-grade deployments are operating at named customer sites.
- Is Blue Ghost Lander safe?
- Blue Ghost Lander has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-12
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-12
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: commercial
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: space
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- knowledge-base
- Knowledge base
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Blue Ghost Lander.Recent coverage
Blue Ghost Lander in third-party press
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Blue Ghost Lander from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /models/blue-ghost-lander.md
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/models/ae2ed1f0-35fe-4acf-9d0a-91457b47ea41
- Revision history: /models/blue-ghost-lander/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Reality vs attention
Blue Ghost Lander draws attention at the 20th percentile but verifies reality at the 28th percentile among space robots. Hype Gap -8.1, 15th widest among space robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited independent press and video coverage to date.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Jul 21, 2026