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.
Cedar Park's Firefly Aerospace successfully lands Blue Ghost spacecraft on the moon
The Blue Ghost was carrying 10 science and technology instruments to collect data for NASA. It landed softly in an "upright, stable configuration" within the Mare Crisium, a more than 300-mile-wide basin located on the moon’s near side (the side you can see from Earth), around 2:34 a.m., according a press release.
Firefly Aerospace, headquartered in Cedar Park, became the first commercial company to successfully land on the moon on March ...
The lunar lander built by aerospace company Intuitive Machines launched Wednesday on an eight-day journey for its ...
The companies Intuitive Machines, Firefly Aerospace, and ispace are all preparing to land on the moon. A new era of lunar ...
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