Successful landing!

Author: ChristopherRabotin

docs/blog/posts/2025.02.21-nyx-space-firefly-blue-ghost.md

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 # Nyx Space and Rust Power Firefly's Blue Ghost Lunar Landing
 
-On March 2, 2025, Firefly Aerospace will attempt to land its Blue Ghost 1 spacecraft on [Mare Crisium](https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/3671), a vast lunar plain on the Moon. This historic mission, which you can follow via [live stream on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChEuA1AUJAY) or through [official updates](https://fireflyspace.com/news/blue-ghost-mission-1-live-updates/), is powered in part by Rust—specifically, by the open-source [Nyx Space](../../index.md) libraries: [Nyx](https://github.com/nyx-space/nyx/), [ANISE](https://github.com/nyx-space/anise/), and [Hifitime](https://github.com/nyx-space/hifitime/).
+On March 2, 2025, Firefly Aerospace <s>will attempt to land</s> **has landed** its Blue Ghost 1 spacecraft on [Mare Crisium](https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/3671), a vast lunar plain on the Moon. This historic mission, which you can follow via [live stream on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChEuA1AUJAY) or through [official updates](https://fireflyspace.com/news/blue-ghost-mission-1-live-updates/), is powered in part by Rust—specifically, by the open-source Nyx Space libraries: [Nyx](https://github.com/nyx-space/nyx/), [ANISE](https://github.com/nyx-space/anise/), and [Hifitime](https://github.com/nyx-space/hifitime/).
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+<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/fireflyspace/54359866846/in/album-72177720313239766/" title="Blue Ghost Mission 1 - Shadow on the Moon&#x27;s Surface"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54359866846_c09a4f9b46_b.jpg" width="1024" height="768" alt="Blue Ghost Mission 1 - Shadow on the Moon&#x27;s Surface"/></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
 These libraries form the backbone of the mission's flight dynamics toolset. Here’s how they’re helping guide Blue Ghost to its lunar destination.
 
 - [ANISE: Precise Trajectory Computations](#anise-precise-trajectory-computations)
 - [Hifitime: Synchronizing Ground and Space](#hifitime-synchronizing-ground-and-space)
 - [Nyx: High-Fidelity Orbit Determination](#nyx-high-fidelity-orbit-determination)
 
-Nyx Space libraries are open source: Nyx under AGPL 3.0 and ANISE/Hifitime under MPL 2.0. By releasing these tools publicly, we aim to empower engineers across industries—from aerospace startups to academic researchers—to build robust solutions to challenging problems. _**Astrodynamics is hard enough as it is, use Nyx Space instead of reinventing the wheel**_.
+Nyx Space libraries are open source: Nyx under AGPL 3.0 and ANISE/Hifitime under MPL 2.0. By releasing these tools publicly, we aim to empower engineers across industries—from aerospace startups to academic researchers—to rapidly build robust solutions to challenging problems.
 
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 For Blue Ghost, ANISE generates data products for all subsystems from the trajectory files provided by the flight dynamics team (FDO). Its accuracy has already been proven: ANISE correctly [predicted the spacecraft's first eclipse](https://nyxspace.com/nyxspace/MathSpec/celestial/eclipse/) to within one second of when it actually occurred—a testament to its precision.
 
+[You'll find all of the ANISE tutorials here.](../../anise/tutorials/index.md)
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 <div style="padding:133.33% 0 0 0;position:relative;"><iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/1048942599?h=9d1352f423&amp;badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;" title="Blue Ghost Mission 1 - Earth Eclipse Timelapse"></iframe></div><script src="https://player.vimeo.com/api/player.js"></script>
 
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 Executing maneuvers with sub-second precision is critical for mission success. The FDO team—led by Chris Rabotin—requires that maneuvers occur within 100 milliseconds of their planned time; any deviation means that the gravitational acceleration from celestial objects like the Earth or Moon are different relative to the expectations during the maneuver planning.
 
-Hifitime ensures this precision by handling time scale conversions between Ephemeris Time (ET), used in trajectory data for its consistency in cislunar space, and UTC, which governs ground systems. ANISE complements this by calculating light-time delays between Blue Ghost and ground stations while accounting for relativistic effects such as [aberration](../../anise/reference/api/python/index.md#class-aberration). Together, these tools ensure flawless timing synchronization between Earth and space.
+[Hifitime](../../hifitime/index.md) ensures this precision by handling time scale conversions between Ephemeris Time (ET), used in trajectory data for its consistency in cislunar space, and UTC, which governs ground systems. ANISE complements this by calculating light-time delays between Blue Ghost and ground stations while accounting for relativistic effects such as [aberration](../../anise/reference/api/python/index.md#class-aberration). Together, these tools ensure flawless timing synchronization between Earth and space.
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+[Hifitime documentation, including explanation of a time scale, is available here.](../../hifitime/index.md)
 
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docs/index.md

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             <h4>See who's already benefiting from our tools</h4>
             <p>Our tools are trusted and actively used by leading companies in the aerospace and technology sectors. Their commitment to using Nyx, Hifitime, and ANISE is a testament to the reliability, efficiency, and advanced capabilities of our software.</p>
             <ul>
+                <li><a href="/blog/2025/02/21/nyx-space-and-rust-power-fireflys-blue-ghost-lunar-landing/">Firefly Space - Blue Ghost 1 lunar lander</a></li>
                 <li>Advanced Space LLC</li>
                 <li>Amazon Web Services</li>
                 <li>CNRS (Femto-ST)</li>
-                <li>Firefly Space</li>
                 <li>Murchison Widefield Array</li>
                 <li>Rocketlab USA</li>
             </ul>

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