The Small Rocket Company Trying To Land On The Moon

In recent years, global interest in the Moon has spiked with different agencies around the globe launching dedicated lunar missions. The jump in missions has also meant quite a few more failures have occurred with the Moon being extremely difficult to land on. Despite this, a relatively small company has been working on a lunar lander that is almost ready to launch for the first time. Firefly Aerospace was founded less than a decade ago in 2014. In the time since then, they have launched their small lift launch vehicle twice, with varying results. In addition to working on a launch vehicle, they have been developing a unique lunar lander meant to not only land on the Moon but support the various payloads it brings with it. Named Blue Ghost, this lander stands 2m () tall and () wide, weighing 2,700kg with the transfer vehicle. With its first launch and landing attempt possibly only months away, all hands are on deck preparing this vehicle and its payloads. Here I will go more in-d
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