Firefly’s lunar landing is NASA’s second CLPS mission. The first took place last year, when Intuitive Machines—another Texas-based private space company—sent its lander to the Moon in February 2024.

The successful landing of a Cedar Park lunar lander is putting the pressure on efforts to build a workforce capable of reaching for the stars.

The Blue Ghost was carrying 10 science and technology instruments to collect data for NASA. It landed softly in an "upright, ...

For the first time ever, a private company has successfully put a lunar lander on the moon. It happened in the pre-dawn hours ...

Firefly Aerospace successfully completed its mission of sending its lunar lander, Blue Ghost, to the moon. You can find out ...

The feat makes Firefly Aerospace the first private space firm to achieve a fully successful moon landing after another Texas ...

CEDAR PARK, Texas — Over the weekend, a private Central Texas company landed on the moon. Firefly Aerospace of Cedar Park landed its first spacecraft early Sunday morning. Teams watched from the ...

First image captured by Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar lander, taken shortly after confirmation of a successful landing at Mare ...

Cambridge-based Draper Labs is set to launch their NASA-funded CP-12 mission in 2026, racing Texas-based Firefly Aerospace to ...

Moon Landing In a significant milestone for space exploration, Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 made a successful landing on the Moon at 3:34 a.m. EST on Sunday. Positioned near the volcanic ...

Carrying a suite of NASA science and technology, Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 successfully landed at 3:34 a.m. EST on Sunday near a volcanic feature called Mons Latreille within Mare ...

Initial data shows Blue Ghost touched down within its 100-meter landing target next to the Mons Latreille, a volcanic feature ...