NASA-funded Blue Ghost, operated by Firefly Aerospace, successfully landed on the moon, making it the second U.S. soft landing since Apollo 17 in 1972. After 45 days in space, it touched down in Mare Crisium at 3:35 AM EST, a notable achievement for commercial space exploration. Celebrated by NASA and Firefly executives, the landing represents a permanent U.S. presence on the moon, with the company's employees’ names engraved on a plaque. This event follows previous attempts, including the failed Peregrine mission and the successful Odysseus lander.
This marks the second time the U.S. has soft-landed on the moon since the crewed Apollo 17 mission of 1972; the first occurred just over a year ago.
I'm so proud of our team. Firefly has a way of constantly exceeding expectations, and this is a perfect example of that, said Brigette Oakes.
Every single thing was clockwork, even when we landed. We've got some moon dust on our boots!
Now we have a permanent presence on the moon, with every employee's name engraved on the Blue Ghost plaque.
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