A year ago, Firefly’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 became a turning point in lunar exploration—the first commercial company to successfully land and operate on the Moon. The mission delivered nearly 120 gigabytes of data, including high-resolution descent imagery, a solar eclipse captured from the lunar surface, and rare insights into lunar horizon glow. That performance led to a $10 million NASA data contract, paving the way for a new commercial lunar data market.
Today, Firefly is launching Ocula, the industry’s first commercial lunar imaging and mapping service. Deployed via Firefly’s Elytra vehicles—which remain operational in lunar orbit for five years—Ocula will provide high-resolution imagery, mineral mapping, and space domain awareness. As existing government satellites near retirement, Ocula offers a cost-effective, commercially driven solution for national security, science, and future Artemis missions.
By integrating Ocula into its existing Blue Ghost mission cadence, Firefly is transforming lunar access—delivering critical data faster and more affordably while fueling a sustainable commercial space economy.
