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Next up to the moon: Firefly's Blue Ghost lander to ship soon to Florida

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Another private company will soon try its hand at sticking a landing on the moon for NASA. Cedar Park, Texas-based Firefly Aerospace was one of several companies that won contracts under NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program, which aims to pay companies to provide a ride to the moon for its experiments. Astrobotic Technology of Pittsburgh was the first company to launch under the program with its Peregrine lunar lander this past Janau…

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Next up to the moon: Firefly’s Blue Ghost lander to ship soon to Florida

Firefly Aerospace announced its Blue Ghost lunar lander has completed testing and will now be shipped to Florida ahead of its planned January 2025 launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

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Firefly Aerospace completes Blue Ghost moon lander for January 2025 SpaceX launch

Firefly Aerospace says it is planning a launch of its first lunar lander mission in January, meaning that none of the three commercial lander missions once slated to launch in the fourth quarter of this year will do so. The post Firefly sets January launch date for first lunar lander mission appeared first on SpaceNews.

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Firefly sets January launch date for first lunar lander mission

Caption: Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission One lander, seen here, will carry 10 NASA science and technology instruments to the Moon’s near side when it launches from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, as part of NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign.
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A Cedar Park company is another step closer to reaching the moon. Firefly Aerospace announced engineers have completed environmental testing on its Blue Ghost Lunar Lander.

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Firefly Aerospace's lunar lander is one step closer to reaching the moon

Firefly Aerospace successfully completed environmental testing on Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar lander ahead of its first mission to the Moon supporting NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative. Firefly is now preparing to ship the lander to Cape Canaveral, Florida, in mid-December for launch on Following launch and vehicle separation, Blue Ghost will begin its ...

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$2 Billion Firefly Aerospace Sending Lunar Lander to the Moon in Mid January 2025

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Firefly Aerospace announced the successful completion of environmental testing for its Blue Ghost lunar lander, marking a significant milestone ahead of its maiden mission to the Moon under NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative. The lander is scheduled to ship to Cape Canaveral, Florida, in mid-December for launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with a six-day launch window

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Firefly Aerospace prepares Blue Ghost Lunar mission for launch

ORLANDO, Fla. — Another private company will soon try its hand at
sticking a landing on the moon for NASA.
Cedar Park, Texas-based Firefly Aerospace was one of several
companies that won contracts under NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload
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Firefly prepares to ship Blue Ghost to launch site after successfully completing environmental testing for mission to Mare Crisium with 10 NASA instruments Firefly Aerospace has completed the environmental testing on Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar lander ahead of the first mission to the Moon in support of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative — Firefly is now preparing to ship the lander to Cape Canaveral, Florida, in mid-Decem…

Next up to the moon: Firefly's Blue Ghost lander to ship soon to Florida

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