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 long-term human presence on the lunar surface. Before we get too ahead of ourselves, however, we’ve got the ongoing mission to attend to.
Blue Ghost lunar lander — backed by Ukrainian tech guru — becomes first private spacecraft to successfully land on moon
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander successfully performed a smooth, upright landing, making the Texas-based company the first private contractor to put a spacecraft on the moon without crashing or falling over.
And they succeeded. As Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 successfully landed its 6-foot-tall lunar lander on the moon’s surface around 2:34 a.m. Sunday morning, cheers erupted at the ...
The lander, called Blue Ghost, launched to orbit on a SpaceX rocket in January, spent some time in Earth’s orbit and had been maneuvering toward the moon ever since. • Firefly has become only ...
Update for 4:30 am ET: Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander successfully landed on the moon early Sunday, March 2. Read our full story on the historic landing. The private spaceflight company ...
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