Firefly and Zeno Power to Test Americium-241 Nuclear Heating on 2028 Lunar Mission

By Aamir Khollam · Interesting Engineering · 2026-08-20

Interesting Engineering reports that Firefly Aerospace will integrate a Zeno Power radioisotope heating unit into a 2028 Blue Ghost mission to the Moon. The demonstration aims to protect sensitive hardware from thermal failure during the two-week lunar night, where temperatures f

Interesting Engineering reports that Firefly Aerospace will integrate a Zeno Power radioisotope heating unit into a 2028 Blue Ghost mission to the Moon. The demonstration aims to protect sensitive hardware from thermal failure during the two-week lunar night, where temperatures f