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US firm Firefly achieves its first moon landing with Blue Ghost spacecraft

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Confirmation of touchdown came from the company’s mission control outside Austin, Texas, following the action some 225,000 miles away.
Irish Times
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A private lunar lander carrying a drill, vacuum and other experiments for NASA touched down on the moon Sunday, the latest in a string of companies looking to kickstart business on Earth's celestial neighbor ahead of astronaut missions.
CNBC
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Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander descended from lunar orbit on autopilot, aiming for the slopes of an ancient volcanic dome in an impact basin on the moon’s northeastern edge of the near side.
Time
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A robotic lunar lander built by Texas-based company Firefly is set to attempt a soft landing on the moon, aiming to touch down at 2:34 a.m. CT (3:34 a.m. ET).
CNN

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