Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost Completes First Fully Successful Commercial Moon Landing

The historic mission achieved all objectives, returning 119 GB of data and pioneering new lunar exploration technologies.

• Blue Ghost became the first commercial lunar lander to achieve a fully successful soft landing, touching down on Mare Crisium on March 2, 2025.
• The mission met 100% of its objectives, including operating for 14 days during the lunar day and five hours into the lunar night.
• Groundbreaking experiments included GPS signal reception on the Moon, lunar dust collection, and soil temperature measurements.
• The lander transmitted 119 GB of data, including 51 GB of scientific data, and captured significant visuals, such as a lunar sunset and a total solar eclipse.
• Firefly Aerospace plans annual lunar missions, with Blue Ghost Mission 2 targeting the Moon's far side in 2026.

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