An uncrewed spacecraft developed in the United States has successfully soft-landed on the moon, making Texas-based Firefly Aerospace only the second private-sector company ever to complete such a ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON, March 2 (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 ...

CEDAR PARK, Texas, March 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Firefly Aerospace, the leader in end-to-end responsive space services, today announced its Blue Ghost lunar lander softly touched down on the ...

Firefly Aerospace's "Blue Ghost" lander dropped out of lunar orbit and swooped to a rocket-powered touchdown early Sunday, ...

The robotic spacecraft, built by private upstart Firefly Aerospace, landed in an "upright, stable configuration" at approximately 3:35 a.m. ET near an ancient volcanic vent in Mare Crisium ...

And they succeeded. As Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 successfully landed its 6-foot-tall lunar lander on the moon’s surface around 2:34 a.m. Sunday morning, cheers erupted at the ...

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 ...

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 ...