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.
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.
With Blue Ghost, Firefly Aerospace became the first commercial company to complete a fully successful Moon landing, the ...
Texas-based space company Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander has successfully landed on the Moon, and has sent back photos ...
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander is the first private company to put a spacecraft on the moon without crashing or ...
Moon landings were once exclusive to government agencies, but Firefly Aerospace is now the second company to do it.
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