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.
For the first time ever, a private company has successfully put a lunar lander on the moon. It happened in the pre-dawn hours ...
Blue Ghost is getting to work after its private moon landing. Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander has captured a gorgeous ...
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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