The Blue Ghost mission was launched by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 1:11 a.m. ET today, Wednesday January 15. The aim is for the mission to perform a ...

Firefly's Blue Ghost lunar lander is set to launch no earlier than 1:11 a.m. Wednesday from Florida's Kennedy Space Center. The lander will be launched atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Pad 39A.

Firefly said Blue Ghost will be carrying 10 payloads for NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) task order 19D mission, in addition to separately contracted commercial payloads.

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission One lander, seen here, will carry 10 NASA science and technology instruments to the Moon’s near side when it launches from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center ...

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander mission has set new standards for private space exploration. After its successful landing on March 2, 2025, the lander provided crucial insights into ...

March 17 (UPI) --After the first successful commercial moon landing, Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost completed its first mission two weeks in."After a flawless moon landing, the Firefly team ...

Firefly has named its first CLPS mission Ghost Riders in the Sky. The lander Blue Ghost was shipped from Firefly Aerospace’s headquarters outside of Austin, Texas, to Kennedy Space Center in ...

If Blue Ghost holds to its production schedule, it should be the third or fourth private US mission to land on the Moon. Firefly started as a launch company and attempted its first Alpha rocket ...

Blue Ghost separated from the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in a highly elliptical Earth orbit at 2:17 am EST and established communications with Firefly’s Mission Operations Center in Cedar Park ...

Firefly Aerospace, the leader in end-to-end responsive space services, announced it successfully completed environmental testing on Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar lander ahead of its first mission ...

Blue Ghost Mission 1, named Ghost Riders in the Sky, launched from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, at 1:11 a.m. EST. Blue Ghost separated from the Falcon 9 rocket in a ...