# Blue Ghost Lander: robot model

Canonical ID: `ae2ed1f0-35fe-4acf-9d0a-91457b47ea41`

- **Slug:** blue-ghost-lander
- **Form factor:** space
- **Maturity stage:** commercial
- **Lifecycle:** active
- **Deployments registered:** 1

## Specs

- **role:** lunar lander
- **autonomy:** vision terrain-relative nav + hazard avoidance

## Deployments

- [blue-ghost-m1-moon-2025](/deployments/blue-ghost-m1-moon-2025.md) at The Moon (id: `2c0d0828-85ed-4284-9b16-ae284a15002f`)

## Manufacturer-attributed media (1)

_Manufacturer-supplied at the model level; not tied to an independently verified named-site deployment. Verification posture is product-showcase from the maker._

- **video**: [Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 1 landing](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChEuA1AUJAY). _Courtesy of Firefly Aerospace_. 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.


## Supply chain

_No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this model's suppliers._

_Suppliers appear when verified with at least two strong sources. Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history._

## 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).

### 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.

### 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.


## Sources (1)

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Ghost_Mission_1

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