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Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost mission achieves perfect lunar landing

  • The US firm Firefly Aerospace has claimed to be the first commercial company to achieve “a fully successful soft landing on the Moon.”
  • Firefly's Blue Ghost lunar lander landed in an upright, stable configuration on the Moon's surface and will operate for 14 days.
  • The mission is part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative and carries 10 NASA instruments.
  • Firefly's Blue Ghost Mission 2 is expected to launch next year to land on the far side of the Moon.

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