Leander - Liberty Hill Edition | April 2025

News

BY STEVE GUNTLI

Firey Aerospace marks historic moon landing Firey Aerospace, a commercial space services company headquartered in Cedar Park, announced its lunar lander touched down March 2, marking the rst time a commercial company has success- fully landed on the moon. The lander, codenamed Blue Ghost, touched down on the surface of the moon in an upright and stable conguration, according to a news release from Firey. What else? The landing marked the end of Blue Ghost’s 45-day journey. The lander delivered instruments to the moon’s surface for NASA, and Blue Ghost performed 14 days of surface operations, accord- ing to the company’s website. “Our Blue Ghost lunar lander now has a perma- nent home on the lunar surface with 10 NASA pay- loads and a plaque with every Firey employee’s

Key milestones completed on the moon

Demonstrated a computer that can withstand space radiation en route to the moon

Captured images providing insights into the eects of engine plumes on the lunar surface for future missions Drilled about 3 feet into the surface to measure temperatures and the ow of heat from the moon’s interior

SOURCE: FIREFLY AEROSPACECOMMUNITY IMPACT

name,” Firey CEO Jason Kim said in the release. Mapping it out Blue Ghost delivered 10 NASA instruments, and all of the instruments operated successfully, according to a news release. Firey announced in the March 17 release Blue Ghost had met 100% of its mission objectives.

The far side of the moon as seen from Blue Ghost about 100 kilometers above the lunar surface.

PHOTOS COURTESY FIREFLY AEROSPACE

Gastroenterologist

Hart CSG, LLC CONSTRUCTION SERVICES GROUP

Gastroenterologist

Now accepting new patients

LOCATIONS NEAR YOU (512) 341-0900

CREATING YOUR IDEAL SPACE WITH TOP-NOTCH CONSTRUCTION

We specialize in restoration services-build backs, flooring, tile, customized interior builds, exterior builds, residential & commercial services. 254.681.0648 | HARTCSG.COM

TDDC (Cedar Park) 1411 Medical Parkway, Ste 200 Cedar Park, TX 78613

TDDC (North Austin) 11645 Angus Rd. Ste 4A Austin, TX 78759

TDDC (Lampasas) 207 West Ave E Lampasas, TX 76550

Visit TDDCTX.COM for more information

COMMUNITYIMPACT.COM