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Private lunar lander Blue Ghost touches down on the moon with a special delivery for NASA

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander successfully landed on the Moon on March 2, marking the company's first lunar landing attempt.
The lander is part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative and is carrying 10 scientific payloads for a two-week mission.
Blue Ghost completed a precision landing at 2:34 a.m. CST on Mare Crisium and is now engaged in surface operations to gather data.
Firefly Aerospace aims to continue lunar missions, as stated by CEO Jason Kim, who emphasized the importance of science data for future lunar and Mars missions.

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The Express Tribune

Private US spaceship lands on moon

A US company successfully landed its spacecraft on the Moon on Sunday after a long journey through space, 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 shortly after 3:34 am US Eastern Time (0834 GMT) near Mons Latreille, a volcanic formation in Mare Crisium on the Moon's northeastern near side. "Y'all stuck the landing, we're on the Moon,…

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Sydney Morning Herald

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10 hours ago·Sydney, Australia

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Japan Today

Private lunar lander Blue Ghost aces moon touchdown with pecial delivery for NASA

A private lunar lander carrying a drill, vacuum and other experiments for NASA touched down on the moon Sunday, the latest in a string of companies looking to kickstart business on Earth's celestial neighbor ahead of astronaut missions. Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander descended from lunar orbit on autopilot, aiming…

10 hours ago·Sakado, Japan

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vigilantnews.com

Texas Company Lands on Moon in “First Successful Commercial Landing”

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The Epoch Times

Excitement for Canadian Company as Firefly’s Blue Ghost Lands on Moon

The head of a Quebec aerospace company says he’s thrilled by the confirmation that a private lunar lander has touched down on the moon with his company’s technology aboard. Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost successfully descended from lunar orbit on autopilot, carrying experiments for NASA and several Canadian-based technologies. Jean De Lafontaine says the moment has been a decade in the making for Sherbrooke, Que.-based NGC Aerospace, which produ…

10 hours ago·New York, United States

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The Hamilton Spectator

Excitement for Canadian company as Firefly’s Blue Ghost lands on moon

The head of a Quebec aerospace company says he’s thrilled by the confirmation that a private lunar lander has touched down on the moon with his company’s technology aboard.

10 hours ago·Canada

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