Firefly Aerospace Achieves Historic Lunar Success
On March 2, 2025, Firefly Aerospace made waves in the realm of space exploration by successfully executing a soft landing on the Moon—marking a significant milestone as the first commercial entity to accomplish such a feat.
Blue Ghost’s Landmark Landing
The innovative Blue Ghost lunar lander touched down at precisely 8:34 AM GMT within an area known as Mare Crisium—a vast basalt plain on the lunar surface.
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Firefly expresses gratitude towards NASA for their confidence in their mission team and anticipates future contributions that will aid upcoming human explorations targeting both the Moon and Mars.
Noteworthy Achievements During Mission
Throughout its impressive voyage lasting over 45 days, Blue Ghost traveled more than 2.8 million miles and transmitted back more than 27 gigabytes of data while facilitating multiple science payload experiments. Among these was groundbreaking signal tracking via Global Navigation Satellite Systems at remarkable distances using the LuGRE payload, along with trials exploring radiation-hardened computing through Van Allen Belts featuring RadPC technology. Additionally, it measured variations in magnetic fields through completing operations with LMS payloads.
this historic event not only highlights advancements made by private aerospace companies but also looks forward toward collaborative achievements paving pathways for future cosmic endeavors.