American rover set to unlock one of the Moon’s greatest unsolved mysteries

NASA is responsible for the greatest discoveries in space exploration – especially when it comes to the Moon’s mysteries.

America’s space agency remains at the forefront of intergalactic investigation.

Recently, the agency revealed plans to explore the Moon’s depths in 2028.

And they have brought in a private company to help them in their quest.

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What exactly is NASA trying to achieve?

There is a part of the Moon‘s surface called the Gruithuisen crater.

Within the crater are a pair of domes called – you guessed it – the Gruithuisen Domes.

It is suggested that these domes were formed by the eruption of silica-rich magma.

What is intriguing is that for silica magma to form, water and plate tectonics are required.

The Moon has neither of those things.

As a result, NASA has designated the Gruithuisen Domes as a mystery.

These Domes have never been directly explored on the surface before.

But in 2028, that is all going to change.

Firefly Aerospace: Company on the edge of innovation

In case you’ve never heard of them, Firefly Aerospace is a very impressive company.

The company recently completed its first-ever Commercial Lunar Payload (CLS) mission to the Moon.

They recently delivered a lander called ‘Blue Ghost’, which will serve the exploration mission in 2028.

The Blue Ghost will be accompanied by a transfer vehicle called “Elytra Dark”.

Firefly Aerospace has been selected by NASA to help perform the exploration mission.

And Firefly Aerospace will be joined by another private aerospace firm to explore the Moon.

Blue Origin, the Jeff Bezos-owned firm, happens to own another firm called Honeybee Robotics.

Honeybee Robotics has been tasked by NASA with providing the Rover to explore the Domes.

Outline of the mission to uncover Moon’s mystery in 2028

Essentially, the outline of the mission looks a little bit like this.

An as-yet-unknown carrier rocket will transport all of the hardware to the Moon.

The ‘Elytra Dark’ transfer vehicle will then launch Blue Ghost and subsequently act as a communications relay.

Once released, the Blue Ghost lander will launch the Honeybee Robotics rover so that it can explore.

The rover will be equipped with a total of six NASA instruments that will allow it to explore the Domes.

As of yet, Honeybee Robotics has not released any details of the rover that it will supply.

That being said, we are extremely excited to follow developments as they come.

After all, who doesn’t dream about travelling to the Moon and back?

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