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Firefly Bids Farewell to Its Lunar Lander After 14 Days on the Moon

In addition to these payloads, Texas-based Firefly performed some work of its own on the Moon. Blue Ghost captured a total solar eclipse from the Moon on March 14, while Earth simultaneously experienced a total lunar eclipse. Two days later, Blue Ghost caught a lunar sunset, with Earth appearing over the lunar horizon.

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Here’s the secret to how Firefly was able to nail its first lunar landing

The Blue Ghost spacecraft, named for a species of firefly, took eclipse chasing to new heights. Not only did it see the Earth block the Sun from an unexplored location on the Moon, but the lander fell into shadow for 2 hours and 16 minutes, about 18 times longer than the longest possible total solar eclipse on the Earth.

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Firefly’s moon lander ends successful mission

Firefly Aerospace managed to stay upright when it landed on the moon two weeks ago and announced Monday it had completed its mission.

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Firefly Areospace's Blue Ghost commercial moonlander completes two-week mission

After the first successful commercial moon landing, Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost completed its first mission two weeks in.

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Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket launching for 6th time ever soon: Watch it live

Liftoff had been scheduled for 9:25 a.m. ET on Saturday (March 15), but issues at the launch site have pushed things back.

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Firefly’s Blue Ghost lander finishes historic mission, meeting ‘100%’ of objectives

Firefly Aerospace on Monday announced the conclusion of its Blue Ghost lunar lander mission, declaring it the first “fully ...

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Malaysia Airlines, Firefly & AirBorneo To Enforce New Power Bank Rules Starting 1 April

Starting 1 April, Malaysia Airlines, Firefly, and AirBorneo (formerly MASwings) will enforce new regulations on carrying ...

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Nio subsidiary Firefly to integrate CATL’s battery swap technology

Nio and CATL have reached an agreement on the joint development of a battery swapping network. CATL's 'Choco-Swap' technology is to be utilised in newly ...

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These Space Companies Compete for Lucrative NASA Contracts—They Also Support Each Other

It really takes a village,” she added. Both Firefly and Intuitive Machines are vendors for NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program, an initiative established by the space ...