A robotic lunar lander built by Texas-based Firefly has successfully landed on the moon, becoming only the second private-sector company ever to complete such a feat. Watch Firefly land on the Moon! After identifying surface hazards and selecting a safe landing site, Blue Ghost landed directly over the target in Mare Crisium. Our Ghost Riders have since ... Firefly's Blue Ghost Mission 1, nicknamed ‘Ghost Riders in the Sky’, was launched on January 15 and is approaching the end of its 45-day journey from Earth to the Moon, with a scheduled landing on the moon today, March 2. Blue Ghost Mission 1 was a robotic lunar landing by Firefly Aerospace in 2025, as part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services program. The mission delivered 10 scientific and technological experiments to Mare Crisium and became the first commercial company to complete a successful soft landing on the Moon.
