Lunar Test Facility Arrives on Moon to Conduct Regolith Research
Aegis Aerospace Inc. proudly celebrates the historic and successful arrival on the Moon of its first lunar test facility, RAC, aboard Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 lunar lander.
RAC, which stands for Regolith Adherence Characterization, will be in operation for one lunar day (or 14 Earth days) to determine how lunar regolith, or lunar dust, adheres to a range of materials exposed to the lunar environment.
“Sunday morning marked a defining moment in both our company’s journey and the future of commercial space exploration as our industry celebrates this successful Moon landing,” said Bill Hollister, president of Aegis Aerospace. “RAC will gather crucial data on the Moon’s surface to test, improve and safeguard future spacecraft, spacesuits and habitats from the detrimental effects of regolith.”
Aegis Aerospace has a second lunar test facility, SSTEF, planned to launch to the Moon with an anticipated mission window through early 2026.
Pictured is Aegis Aerospace’s RAC lunar test facility (sliver rectangle behind bar frame) integrated onto Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander, which landed on the Moon Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit: Firefly Aerospace
Pictured is Aegis Aerospace’s RAC lunar test facility, which landed on the Moon on the morning of March 2, 2025, aboard Firefly’s Blue Ghost Lander.
