Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander touched down on lunar soil at 3:34 a.m. EST Sunday, achieving what few nations—and no private companies—have accomplished: a stable, upright landing on the Moon’s surface. “You all stuck the landing. We’re on the moon,” reported Will Coogan, chief engineer for the lander, from Mission Control near Austin, Texas, as confirmation came across the 225,000-mile gap. Pristine Landing in Ancient Moon Basin The 6-foot-6 (2 meter) tall, 11-foot (3.5 meter) wide, four-legged lander descended on autopilot onto the slopes of Mons Latreille, a volcanic feature within Mare Crisium—a 300-mile-wide basin in the northeast quadrant of … Continue reading Firefly’s Blue Ghost Moon Landing: 2.8M Mile Journey, 27GB Downlink, 10 NASA Instruments