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Landing on the moon (as opposed to crashing) is not easy. Well, the folks at Firefly Aerospace are determined to get good at it anyway, and we got to go behind the scenes as they prepared to launch the new Blue Ghost Lunar Lander. They\u2019re one of many private companies trying to make landing on the moon a routine event so that we can support the first Artemis base. Their approach might surprise you \u2013and the results could too!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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