Here’s the secret to how Firefly was able to nail its first lunar landing
Firefly originally intended to develop a spacecraft based on the design of Israel's Beresheet lander, which was the first ...
Firefly’s picture-perfect Moon landing shows the way for lunar exploration
The lunar lander, called Blue Ghost, settled onto the Moon's surface at 2:34 am CST (3:34 am EST; 08:34 UTC). A few dozen ...
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Firefly wins contract to transport NASA satellites that track tropical storms
Firefly Aerospace has secured a contract for a dedicated Alpha launch that will transport satellites for NASA’s Investigation of Convective Updrafts mission, which studies how and why tropical ...
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Blue Ghost lunar lander — backed by Ukrainian tech guru — becomes first private spacecraft to successfully land on moon
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander successfully performed a smooth, upright landing, making the Texas-based company the first private contractor to put a spacecraft on the moon without ...
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NASA data analysis to continue after completion of Firefly’s first moon mission
At the Johnson Space Center Tuesday, NASA and Firefly Aerospace held a news conference to discuss the successful Blue Ghost ...
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U.S. company Firefly Aerospace just landed on the moon with its Blue Ghost spacecraft
Blue Ghost, an unmanned spacecraft sent by the Texas-based Firefly Aerospace, has just landed on the moon. The lunar landing occurred on Sunday, marking the second-ever time a private company ...
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Firefly Aerospace Awarded NASA Contract to Launch INCUS Mission from Wallops
About Firefly Aerospace Firefly Aerospace is an end-to-end space transportation company with launch, lunar, and on-orbit services. Headquartered in central Texas, Firefly is a portfolio company of ...
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Austin-based Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost successfully lands on moon
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 ...
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US firm Firefly scores its first moon landing with Blue Ghost spacecraft
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 ...
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Start-up lands on the moon – its first mission is to take a selfie
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander descended from lunar orbit on autopilot, aiming for the slopes of an ancient volcanic dome in an impact basin on the moon’s north-eastern edge of the near ...