Firefly Aerospace’s moon mission makes succesful touchdown
A private space mission has reached an important milestone by successfully landing on the moon. Firefly Aerospace, a start-up from Texas, achieved this feat with their robotic spacecraft Blue Ghost, making them only the second commercial company to reach the lunar surface.
Cedar Park's Firefly Aerospace successfully lands Blue Ghost spacecraft on the moon
Kevin Scholtes, a future systems architect with Firefly Aerospace, hugs his wife Lauren Scholtes at a watch party held by the company in Cedar Park, after the company's Blue Ghost lunar lander successfully touches down on the moon's surface on Sunday, March 2. Kailey Hunt/KUT News
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