Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander touched down on the moon Sunday, delivering NASA experiments in a milestone for private lunar exploration.

Firefly Aerospace lands Blue Ghost spacecraft on moon After spending more than two weeks in lunar orbit, the Blue Ghost lander, standing more than 6 feet tall, took about an hour to descend in the ...

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission One lander, seen here, will carry 10 NASA science and technology instruments to the Moon’s near side when it launches from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center ...

Firefly Aerospace claims the recent launch of its Alpha rocket was a success, despite its three satellite payloads reentering the atmosphere just days later. The second flight of the 95-foot-tall ...

The mission, from Firefly Aerospace, touched down in the moon's Mare Crisium region yesterday, Sunday March 2, and the company has already shared the first images captured by the lander from its ...

Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, in early morning darkness and arced over the Pacific. "100% mission success," Firefly tweeted later.

Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket lifts off on its debut launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Sept. 2, 2021. The rocket failed 2 minutes, 30 seconds into the flight.

“Firefly’s momentum is at an all-time high,” Weber, who became CEO last year, said in a statement. “Firefly is executing on major milestones across our launch, in-space, and lunar delivery ...

Firefly CEO Tom Markusic (right) took delivery of Marotta Controls' 20,000th CoRe Flow Controls valve from its CEO, Patrick Marotta, during a ceremony at the 36th Space Symposium Aug. 24.

It's been a steep climb to stability for Firefly Aerospace, but big results are ready for launch. The newspace startup announced Friday (Feb. 22) it will undertake a $52 million expansion ...

Firefly launched its first Alpha rocket just over a year ago on September 2, 2021, but the launch vehicle exploded midflight prior to achieving orbit. That launch, like today’s, carried a number ...