Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander is healthy on its way to the moon, and even witnessed a solar eclipse from space when ...

While there aren’t any private payloads or marketing gimmicks flying on Blue Ghost, the company decided to bring all its "fireflies" and the names of its key investors to the lunar surface.

Firefly’s Blue Ghost — named after a species of U.S. Southeastern fireflies — should reach the moon first. The 6-foot-6-inches-tall (2-meter-tall) lander will attempt a touchdown in early ...