India, Feb. 11 -- After a successful Trans Lunar Injection burn, Firefly's spacecraft carrying NASA science and tech to the Moon has departed Earth's orbit and begun its four-day transit to the Moon's orbit. Blue Ghost will then spend approximately 16 days in lunar orbit before beginning its descent operations.
Since launching more than three weeks ago, Blue Ghost has performed dozens of health tests generating 13 gigabytes of data. All 10 NASA payloads onboard are currently healthy and ready for surface operations on the Moon, the U.S. space agency said.
NASA's Radiation Tolerant Computer (RadPC), developed by Montana State University, successfully operated while passing through the Earth's Van Allen radiation belts, providing insight on...