NASA confirms 1st US private spacecraft has successfully reached the moon

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NASA confirms 1st US private spacecraft has successfully reached the moon

Story by Cassian Holt

NASA has confirmed that a privately built American spacecraft has successfully reached the lunar surface, marking another milestone in the shift from government-run exploration to commercial partnerships. The agency’s validation of Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 as a successful Moon landing underscores how far private industry has come in just a few years. It also sharpens an important distinction: while this latest touchdown is historic, the first U.S. commercial spacecraft to land on the Moon was Intuitive Machines’ IM-1 mission in early 2024.

Together, IM-1 and Blue Ghost show how quickly the United States has moved from a single experimental commercial landing to a growing fleet of robotic scouts. The new confirmation from NASA is less about a lone “first” and more about a pattern of private spacecraft reaching the Moon and operating there as part of a broader strategy to support future human missions.

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Source:  https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/nasa-confirms-1st-us-private-spacecraft-has-successfully-reached-the-moon/ar-AA1UVXqa