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Firefly ‘Blue Ghost’ lunar lander touches down on moon

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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 · 5h

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.

USA TODAY on MSN · 3h

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander makes it to the moon. What's next?

The landing precedes by just four days the planned arrival of a second uncrewed American spacecraft built and operated by Intuitive Machines. The space exploration company, also based in Texas, etched its name in the history books a year ago when its spacecraft,

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Firefly Aerospace Becomes First Commercial Company to Successfully Land on the Moon

Firefly Aerospace, the leader in end-to-end responsive space services, today announced its Blue Ghost lunar lander softly ...

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Start-up lands on the moon – its first mission is to take a selfie

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander is the first private company to put a spacecraft on the moon without crashing or ...

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