The company is the second private firm to score a moon landing, reaching the surface a month and a half after launch
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 of private firms compete to reach the frontlines of a global moon race.
Five nations have made successful soft landings in the past – the then-Soviet Union, the U.S., China, India and, last year, Japan. The U.S. and China are both rushing to put their astronauts on the moon later this decade, each courting allies and giving their private sectors a key role in spacecraft development.Blue Ghost flew on a winding path over three times around Earth, totalling roughly 2.
Missions like Firefly’s Blue Ghost represent low-budget precursor missions that will enable research into the lunar environment before the U.S. sends its astronauts there in a series of crewed missions beginning in 2027. Other countries eyeing the moon and deep space exploration have followed NASA’s model for commercial spaceflight, with India investing in its private space sector while Europe funds multiple rocket launch startups.
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