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 northeastern edge of the near side. Confirmation of successful touchdown came from the company's Mission Control outside Austin,

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 northeastern edge of the near side. Confirmation of touchdown came from the company's Mission Control outside Austin,

Firefly offers our customers responsive operations and mission flexibility with launch sites on the East and West Coast of the United States and internationally,” said Jason Kim, CEO of Firefly aerospace.

NASA has selected Firefly Aerospace Inc. of Cedar Park, Texas, to provide the launch service for the agency's Investigation of Convective Updrafts (INCUS) mission, which aims to understand why, when,

The Blue Ghost lunar lander, managed by Texas company Firefly Aerospace, touched down Sunday morning on the moon's near side.

With Blue Ghost, Firefly Aerospace became the first commercial company to complete a fully successful moon landing, the company said Sunday.

Firefly Aerospace released video of the Blue Ghost lunar lander as it made its final descent and touched down on the surface of the moon.

Firefly’s lunar landing is NASA’s second CLPS mission. The first took place last year, when Intuitive Machines—another Texas-based private space company—sent its lander to the Moon in February 2024. However, the company’s lander toppled over after touching down, limiting aspects of the mission.

NASA has awarded Firefly Aerospace a launch service task order for the agency’s Investigation of Convective Updrafts, or INCUS, mission that seeks to study the formation of tropical storms. The space agency said Tuesday it made the selection as part of ...