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Moon, Firefly and Blue Ghost

US firm Firefly scores its first moon landing with Blue Ghost spacecraft

Firefly Aerospace succeeded in its first attempt to land on the moon with its uncrewed Blue Ghost spacecraft on Sunday, kicking off a two-week research mission as a handful of private firms compete to reach the frontlines of a global moon race.

Ars Technica · 22h

Firefly’s ghostly landing proves a scrappy company can shoot for the Moon

The lunar lander, called Blue Ghost, settled onto the Moon's surface at 2:34 am CST (3:34 am EST; 08:34 UTC). A few dozen engineers in Firefly's mission control room monitored real-time data streaming down from a quarter-million miles away.

Observer · 4h

How Firefly Aerospace Emerges from Bankruptcy and Completes Historic Moon Landing

Firefly’s lunar landing is NASA’s second CLPS mission. The first took place last year, when Intuitive Machines—another Texas-based private space company—sent its lander to the Moon in February 2024. However, the company’s lander toppled over after touching down, limiting aspects of the mission.

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Firefly’s Blue Ghost Lander Is on the Moon. Here’s What to Expect Next

Firefly Aerospace’s successful touchdown marks a new era of frequent commercial trips to the Moon, paving the way for a ...

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Firefly Aerospace sticks its moon landing Sunday morning

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost landed on the moon at 2:34 a.m. It’s expected to operate for two weeks, conducting NASA ...

Texas Monthly4d

Sunday’s Moon Landing Could Fulfill a Texas Tech Professor’s Dream—or End in a Nightmare

This geophysicist will be watching anxiously as his groundbreaking experiment careens toward the lunar surface aboard Firefly ...

The Moon’s next robotic visitor is lining up for landing this weekend

Now, Firefly is about to find out if its lunar program is a technical success. Landing on the Moon is risky. In the last decade, the success rate for lunar landing attempts is a little above 50 ...

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