Firefly Aerospace successfully landed its Blue Ghost lunar lander on the Moon on March 2 at 3:34 a.m. EST. The accomplishment marked Firefly as the first commercial company to achieve a fully successful soft landing on the Moon.

The landing precedes by just four days the planned arrival of a second uncrewed American spacecraft built and operated by Intuitive Machines. The space exploration company, also based in Texas, etched its name in the history books a year ago when its spacecraft,

Firefly Aerospace succeeded in its first attempt to land on the moon with its uncrewed Blue Ghost spacecraft on Sunday, kicking off a two-week research mission as a handful of private firms compete to reach the frontlines of a global moon race.

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 has touched down successfully, and marks a key milestone in NASA’s quest to have private companies deliver shipments of equipment to the lunar surface.

An American commercial company became the first to stick a perfect moon landing early Sunday when Firefly Aerospace sent its Blue Ghost lander down to the surface.

Firefly Aerospace, the leader in end-to-end responsive space services, announced its Blue Ghost lunar lander softly touched down on the Moon’s surface in an upright, stable configuration on the compan