US space firm Firefly Aerospace has released videos of some of the payloads released by its Blue Ghost lander, days after the spacecraft's successful March 2 landing on the lunar surface.

Here’s what we can expect over the coming days. 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 ...

Update: March 2, 11:07 a.m. ET: Firefly’s Blue Ghost lander performed a successful landing on the Moon earlier today. Original article follows: A private lunar lander is gearing up for its date ...

Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Firefly Aerospace, the Texas-based startup that on Sunday became only the second private-sector company ...

a future systems architect for Firefly who has been working on Blue Ghost since 2021. “But we can’t test like you fly, because you can’t replicate the moon in a lab for a lander right now.” ...

Firefly Aerospace released video Tuesday showing ... Other CLPS missions that could fly this year include a third Intuitive Machines flight, a second from Astrobotic and the first from Blue ...

Firefly’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 has already made history by tracking GNSS signals in lunar orbit — a first for a U.S. commercial lander. GNSS are navigation systems that provide geolocation ...

Firefly Aerospace became the first commercial company to make a picture-perfect landing on the Moon early Sunday, touching down on an ancient basaltic plain, named Mare Crisium, to fulfill a $101 ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -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 ...

Credit: Firefly Aerospace Updated 7:45 a.m. Eastern with post-landing comments. CEDAR PARK, Texas — Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost 1 lunar lander touched down on the surface of the moon March ...

To land Blue Ghost on the moon, Firefly Aerospace laid out 14 major mission milestones from Earth to the lunar surface. To land your own Blue Ghost, you will need to follow 42 steps. As eyes turn ...