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Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lands on moon

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U.S. company Firefly Aerospace just landed on the moon with its Blue Ghost spacecraft

Blue Ghost, an unmanned spacecraft sent by the Texas-based Firefly Aerospace, has just landed on the moon. The lunar landing occurred on Sunday, marking the second-ever time a private company landed on the moon. Blue Ghost arrived at 8:34am GMT on the moon's Earth-facing side by an ancient volcanic formation in Mare Crisium known as Mons Latreille.

Former NASA astronaut explains why Firefly’s ‘Blue Ghost’ moon landing is so rare

A robotic lunar lander built by Texas-based company Firefly has successfully landed on the moon making it only the second private-sector company ever to achieve a soft lunar landing. Former NASA astronaut Leroy Chiao explains why these landings are so rare.

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'We're on the moon!' Private Blue Ghost moon lander aces historic lunar landing for NASA

Blue Ghost aced its touchdown try early this morning (March 2), becoming just the second private spacecraft ever to soft-land on the moon. The lander hauled 10 science experiments to the lunar surface for NASA, which was understandably happy with today's result. The first photos from the probe showed Earth shining overhead.

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Austin-based Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost successfully lands on Moon

With Blue Ghost, Firefly Aerospace became the first commercial company to complete a fully successful Moon landing, the ...

US Spaceship Hours Away From Daring Moon Landing Attempt

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost Mission 1 is targeting landing near Mons Latreille After a long journey through space, a ...

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Sunday’s Moon Landing Could Fulfill a Texas Tech Professor’s Dream—or End in a Nightmare

This geophysicist will be watching anxiously as his groundbreaking experiment careens toward the lunar surface aboard Firefly ...

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