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Private US Company Lands on Moon in Historic Commercial Exploration Milestone
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On Sunday, Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander successfully touched down on the moon's surface. The confirmation came from the company's Mission Control in Austin, Texas. The landing site was near Mons Latreille, a volcanic feature in Mare Crisium, on the moon's northeastern near side. The spacecraft was described as "stable and upright" by CEO Jason Kim after landing. This achievement makes Blue Ghost Mission 1 the first private lander to reach the moon without crashing or tipping over, following Intuitive Machines' similar success in February 2024.
You all stuck the landing. We're on the moon.
Firefly just became the first commercial company in history to achieve a fully successful Moon landing. This small step on the Moon represents a giant leap in commercial exploration.
We did do two hazard avoidance manoeuvres on the way down – that tells us that our software did work exactly as it needed to.
We got some moon dust on our boots.
Every time we go up, we're learning from each other.
sources
- 1.The Times of India
- 2.CTV News
- 3.CNA News
- 4.France 24
- 5.The Guardian
- 6.Al Jazeera
- 7.ABC News (Australia)
- 8.The Sun
perspectives
countries
organizations
- 1.Intuitive Machines
- 2.National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- 3.Firefly Aerospace
- 4.ispace Inc
- 5.SpaceX
- 6.Commercial Lunar Payload Services Program
- 7.European Galileo
- 8.Kennedy Space Center
- 9.Science Mission Directorate
- 10.Twitter/X
