Firefly Buys AI Firm For Autonomous Space Ops

Firefly's Blue Ghost lander captured footage of the Moon during its third lunar orbit maneuver on February 24 that inserted the spacecraft in a near-circular low lunar orbit.

Firefly's Blue Ghost lander captures footage of the Moon during its third lunar orbit maneuver on Feb. 24 that inserted the spacecraft in a near-circular low lunar orbit.

Credit: Firefly Aerospace
Firefly Aerospace has acquired the company that provided the vision navigation software to land its Blue Ghost spacecraft on the Moon, a product it intends to integrate into its fleet of lunar landers and other systems, as well as offer commercially. The vision navigation software provided by Space...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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