Liftoff had been scheduled for 9:25 a.m. ET on Saturday (March 15), but issues at the launch site have pushed things back.

Firefly’s lunar landing is NASA’s second CLPS mission. The first took place last year, when Intuitive Machines—another Texas-based private space company—sent its lander to the Moon in February 2024.

A robotic lunar lander built by Texas-based company Firefly has successfully landed on the moon, touching down around 2:34 a.m. CT (3:34 a.m. ET). • The lander, called Blue Ghost, launched to ...