Firefly Aerospace on Monday announced the conclusion of its Blue Ghost lunar lander mission, declaring it the first “fully successful” commercial operation on the moon.

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Firefly Aerospace’s successful moon lander has yielded a trove of data that scientists will pore over for years.

Firefly’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 set a new benchmark for commercial lunar exploration, lasting longer than any previous private ...

By Kenneth Chang and Jonathan Corum The shadow of the Blue Ghost spacecraft after it landed on the moon, with Earth in the distance. Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost just completed its mission ...

Blue Ghost landed on the moon early Sunday morning while most ... those hard-earned funds towards expanding our lunar lander ...

When the Blue Ghost lander reached the lunar surface on March 2, Firefly Aerospace become the first commercial company to fully succeed in a soft moon landing at the first attempt. A week on ...

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The Blue Ghost lunar lander, which has been on the moon since the spacecraft’s successful touchdown on March 2, captured images of the sun, Earth and moon lined up at around 4:30 a.m. ET ...

Firefly Aerospace, a private space company, said it just completed the longest commercial operation on the Moon to date A private lunar lander has captured the first high-definition images of the ...

A view from the moon captured by Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander as Earth eclipsed the sun. Credit: Firefly Aerospace What does an eclipse look like from the moon? Firefly Aerospace's Blue ...

The solar-powered Blue Ghost went dark on Sunday evening (March 16) after the sun set on its lunar locale, bringing an end to a highly successful two weeks of surface operations on the moon.