Firefly Aerospace achieves first private successful moon landing

clickondetroit.com — March 2, 2025 at 11:01 AM UTC

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Firefly Aerospace has successfully landed its lunar lander, Blue Ghost, marking the first fully successful private moon landing. This achievement follows Intuitive Machines' partial success last year, where its lander tipped over after landing. The U.S. has been working with private companies to support lunar missions ahead of future astronaut landings. Other countries, including China and India, have also made significant progress in lunar exploration, with China aiming to send astronauts by 2030. In contrast, Russia's recent attempt with Luna 25 ended in failure, while Japan's lander landed successfully but faced challenges generating power. The landscape of lunar exploration continues to evolve with both national and private efforts.

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NASA captures image of Blue Ghost lander on Moon (gizmodo.com)
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Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost successfully landed on Moon (moneycontrol.com)
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Blue Ghost successfully landed on the Moon, filming it (gizmodo.com)
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Firefly Aerospace lands Blue Ghost lunar lander successfully (orlandosentinel.com)
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NASA's Blue Ghost Mission successfully lands on the Moon (thestatesman.com)
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Blue Ghost lander captures lunar sunrise photo (space.com)
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Blue Ghost captures first sunrise photo on Moon (indiatoday.in)
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Blue Ghost lander explores Moon's ancient impact site (gizmodo.com)
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NASA's Blue Ghost lunar lander successfully landed on moon (cnet.com)
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Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost successfully landed on the Moon (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
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US spacecraft Blue Ghost lands upright on the Moon (dawn.com)
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Firefly's Blue Ghost successfully lands on the moon (cp24.com)
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Firefly Aerospace successfully lands lander on the moon (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
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Firefly’s Blue Ghost successfully landed on the moon (financialpost.com)
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Blue Ghost lands on moon, delivers experiments for NASA (bostonherald.com)
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Blue Ghost achieves successful lunar landing on first attempt (smh.com.au)
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NASA's Blue Ghost successfully lands on the Moon (liverpoolecho.co.uk)
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Firefly Aerospace achieves first successful private moon landing (theglobeandmail.com)
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Firefly Aerospace successfully lands spacecraft on moon (oregonlive.com)
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Blue Ghost lunar lander successfully reaches the moon (news.yahoo.com)
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Private spacecraft successfully lands upright on the Moon (punchng.com)
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Firefly Aerospace achieves first successful commercial Moon landing (zerohedge.com)
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Firefly's Blue Ghost successfully lands on the moon (interestingengineering.com)
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Firefly's Blue Ghost successfully lands on the moon (standard.co.uk)
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Firefly's Blue Ghost lander successfully landed on the moon (japanese.engadget.com)
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Blue Ghost successfully lands on the moon with NASA experiments (chicagotribune.com)
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NASA schedules two lunar landings within one week (voanews.com)
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Blue Ghost lunar lander successfully lands on Moon (ndtv.com)
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Firefly Aerospace successfully lands its Blue Ghost spacecraft (theglobeandmail.com)
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Blue Ghost lunar lander successfully delivers NASA's experiments (abc15.com)
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Blue Ghost lunar lander successfully delivers to moon (tmj4.com)
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Firefly's Blue Ghost successfully lands on the moon (news.yahoo.com)
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Blue Ghost successfully lands on moon, delivering NASA experiments (cnbc.com)
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Blue Ghost lunar lander successfully lands and captures Earth photos (space.com)
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Private lunar lander successfully delivers NASA experiments (wcvb.com)
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Blue Ghost lander successfully lands on moon for NASA (apnews.com)
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Private lunar lander successfully delivers NASA experiments (wmur.com)
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Blue Ghost successfully lands on the moon (cbsnews.com)
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Firefly Aerospace successfully lands spacecraft on Moon upright (inquirer.net)
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Private lander successfully delivers NASA experiments on moon (kcra.com)
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Blue Ghost successfully lands on the moon for NASA (abc7chicago.com)
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Blue Ghost successfully lands on the Moon, advancing exploration (bbc.com)
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Private company achieves first stable moon landing (irishtimes.com)
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Firefly Aerospace achieves first successful private moon landing (abcnews.go.com)
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Firefly Aerospace achieves first private successful moon landing (clickondetroit.com)
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U.S. private spacecraft nearing Moon landing attempt (thehindu.com)
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Blue Ghost lunar lander successfully delivers for NASA (abcnews.go.com)
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Blue Ghost lunar lander successfully lands on Moon (abc.net.au)
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Firefly Aerospace achieves first successful private moon landing (independent.co.uk)
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Private spacecraft Blue Ghost aims for Moon landing (channelnewsasia.com)
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Blue Ghost successfully delivered NASA's experiments to the moon (clickondetroit.com)
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Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost successfully landed on the Moon (ndtv.com)
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Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost Mission lands on moon (dw.com)
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Blue Ghost successfully lands on the Moon (hindustantimes.com)
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Firefly Aerospace's lander successfully lands on the moon (news.sky.com)
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Blue Ghost lunar lander successfully delivers for NASA (independent.co.uk)
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Firefly Aerospace successfully lands the first private lunar mission (digitaltrends.com)
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Firefly's Blue Ghost lands on the moon successfully (thesun.co.uk)
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Private company lands spacecraft on the Moon successfully (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
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Firefly's Blue Ghost captures first lunar image (hindustantimes.com)
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Firefly Aerospace successfully lands Blue Ghost on moon (scmp.com)
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Blue Ghost lunar lander successfully delivers experiments to NASA (financialpost.com)
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Blue Ghost lunar lander successfully delivers NASA experiments (nypost.com)
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Firefly's Blue Ghost aims for lunar landing soon (news.yahoo.com)
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Blue Ghost Mission 1 aims to explore the Moon (hindustantimes.com)
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Blue Ghost lunar lander set for March 2 landing (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
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Firefly Aerospace's mission aims for lunar landing (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
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Blue Ghost to attempt lunar landing today at 3:34 AM (hindustantimes.com)
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Firefly Aerospace prepares for lunar landing mission now (ndtv.com)
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Firefly's Blue Ghost lunar lander targets March 2 landing (nytimes.com)
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Firefly's lunar lander plans Sunday moon landing attempt (cnn.com)
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Blue Ghost lunar lander aims for Sunday landing (cbsnews.com)
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NASA plans two lunar landings within a week (channelnewsasia.com)
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NASA plans two lunar landings in one week (thenews.com.pk)
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Firefly's Blue Ghost lunar lander launches March 2, 2025 (gizmodo.com)
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NASA schedules two private Moon landings next week (ndtv.com)
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Firefly Aerospace prepares for lunar landing attempt Sunday (financialpost.com)
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Blue Ghost lunar lander to attempt moon landing Sunday (nbcnews.com)
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Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost to land on Moon March 2 (republicworld.com)
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Firefly's Blue Ghost aims for lunar landing this weekend (digitaltrends.com)
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Blue Ghost lunar lander to land on March 2 (livemint.com)
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Three private lunar landers are heading to the moon (space.com)
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NASA launches mission to gather data on Moon (marketscreener.com)
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Blue Ghost captures impressive Moon footage before landing (sciencealert.com)
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Blue Ghost lunar lander captures moon's far side images (space.com)
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Lunar Trailblazer launched to map moon's water resources (nytimes.com)
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Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander aims for landing (arstechnica.com)
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