Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost mission successfully makes a Moon landing, marking a milestone for NASA and its commercial partners.

The Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost moon lander has begun its work on the moon using its drill, vacuum and electrodes. Blue Ghost has drilled into surface to determine heat flow from interior of Moon. It ...

Blue Ghost, a lunar lander built in Cedar Park, gently landed on the moon at 2:34 a.m. Sunday. “Y’all stuck the landing. We’re on the moon,” Will Coogan, the lander’s chief engineer, told the control ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — It’s lights out for the first private lunar lander to pull off a fully successful moon mission. Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander fell silent over the weekend, wrapping ...

NASA has awarded Firefly Aerospace, based in Cedar Park, Texas, a grant of $176.7 million to deliver two lunar rovers and three scientific instruments to the lunar surface. This effort is part of the ...

The lakeside terrace of The Broadmoor is a slightly different landing surface than that of the moon, but Firefly Aerospace made both work. The Blue Ghost lander in January achieved the first soft ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private lunar lander carrying a drill, vacuum and other experiments for NASA touched down on the moon Sunday, the latest in a string of companies looking to kickstart ...

MONTVILLE, N.J., April 23, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Marotta Controls, a longstanding aerospace and defense innovator, today announced its critical role in Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander, ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private lunar lander has captured the first high-definition sunset pictures from the moon. Firefly Aerospace and NASA released the stunning photos Tuesday, taken before ...

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