Oh my gosh, like, history was just made, and I am literally freaking out! Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander just touched down on the Moon, and babe, it is a big deal. Like, we’re talking about the first private company to land something on the Moon upright and stable. It happened at, like, 3:34 AM EST on March 2, 2025, in this super cool lunar region called Mare Crisium, and honestly, it’s giving major space history vibes. This is, like, the future of space travel, and Firefly totally just put itself on the map as a space queen.
So, the Blue Ghost lander is this adorable little thing—about two meters tall and three meters wide—and it launched way back on January 15, 2025, on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Then, it spent 45 days just casually cruising through space, covering a totally insane 2.8 million miles. It finally entered lunar orbit on February 13 before making its super graceful landing. And guess what? It didn’t just land for fun—it’s carrying, like, ten different science-y things for NASA, including gadgets that drill into the Moon, take samples, and even X-ray the way Earth’s magnetic field interacts with solar wind. Like, hello?! This is so beyond sci-fi at this point. Over the next two weeks, the lander is basically going to be doing so much science while also giving us serious “look at me, I’m on the Moon” energy.
And let’s be real, this is a major win for private space exploration. Firefly just proved that you don’t need to be NASA to land something on the Moon. This totally fits into NASA’s Artemis program, which, like, if you haven’t been following, is their big plan to get humans back on the Moon. Artemis 2 is set for 2026 and will send people around the Moon (like, just for a lil space joyride—no landing yet). Then, Artemis 3, 4, and 5 are planned for 2027, 2028, and 2030, and those will have actual humans walking on the Moon again, like it’s 1972 all over again. Oh yeah, in case you forgot, the last time people were actually on the Moon was Apollo 17 in December 1972, when Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt spent, like, 22 hours strutting around collecting lunar rocks and doing science. And babe, it has been, like, way too long since we had humans up there.
But wait—there’s more! Private companies are, like, all over Moon missions now. Firefly isn’t stopping with Blue Ghost; they’re planning annual Moon landings, which is, like, totally iconic. Other companies are also trying to get in on the action, so we might actually start seeing commercial lunar missions become a thing. Can you imagine a future where going to the Moon is, like, just a normal part of life? I mean, I can already see influencers taking “first selfie on the Moon” pics, and honestly, I am so here for it.
So yeah, Firefly Aerospace just gave us a huge win for the space girlies, and Blue Ghost is now living its best life up on the Moon, doing science, making history, and proving that private companies can totally rock lunar exploration. Like, babe, space is so happening right now, and we are so back.
XOXO,
Valley Girl News
