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Private company rockets toward the moon in the latest rush of lunar landing attempts

NASA's private moon fleet is set to conduct two lunar landings in one week, indicating a push for routine lunar missions.
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost Mission 1 aims to land near Mons Latreille on March 1, equipped with ten instruments, including one for soil analysis.
Intuitive Machines' IM-2 mission will follow on March 6, utilizing its improved Athena lander.
NASA's $2.6 billion Commercial Lunar Payload Services program is geared to handle the unique challenges of moon landings cost-effectively.

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Private US company aces lunar landing on first mission

WASHINGTON, United States — A US company successfully landed its spacecraft on the Moon on Sunday, marking only the second private mission to achieve the milestone — and the first to do so upright. Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 touched down at 3:34 am US Eastern Time (0834 GMT) near Mons Latreille, a volcanic formation in Mare Crisium on the Moon’s northeastern near side. The mission control team in Austin, Texas, erupted in cheers as…

1 day ago·Manila, Philippines

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Deutsche Welle

US private spaceship lands on moon

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost Mission has achieved its first moon landing after a long journey through space. The "Ghost riders in the sky" mission comes on the heels of the first ever commercial moon landing last year.

2 days ago·Bonn, Germany

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Successful moon landing for “Blue Ghost”

Texas-based company Firefly's lunar lander "Blue Ghost" made a successful soft landing on Sunday morning.

2 days ago·Stockholm, Sweden

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A private US company lands on the moon, delivering experiments for NASA

A private US company lands on the moon, delivering experiments for NASA.

2 days ago·United States

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Lander Blue Ghost ready for descent to lunar surface

The commercial spacecraft Blue Ghost is attempting to land on the moon this morning. The robotic lander has been underway since January 15 and will investigate an old volcanic area on the moon. The machine was built by the company Firefly Aerospace and launched by SpaceX. If all goes well, the device should study the area Mare Cysium (the Sea of Crises) for two weeks. Earlier this week, Blue Ghost already sent beautiful images of the moon. Accor…

2 days ago·Netherlands

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Firefly’s Blue Ghost lander heads for touchdown attempt on the moon

By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — A parade of lunar landers — developed by private-sector companies — are headed for the moon, part of a convoy of robotic spacecraft that NASA and its partner agencies hope will pave the way for astronauts to return later this decade. Texas-based Firefly Aerospace is first up. The company’s 6.6-foot-tall (2-meter-tall) Blue Ghost lunar lander is on track to touch down on the moon’s near side at 2:34 a.m. CT (3:34 a.…

2 days ago·Idaho Falls, United States

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