Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 1 wins 2025 Collier Trophy

Firefly Lights the Way to Lunar Data Services

A year ago this week, Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar lander made history after completing more than 14 days of operations on the Moon. This achievement not only solidified Firefly as the first commercial company to successfully land and operate on the lunar surface, it ignited a renewed focus on the Moon among industry stakeholders, nations, and other entities.Blue Ghost Mission 1 exceeded expectations, sending nearly 120 gigabytes of data back to E…

Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 1 wins 2025 Collier Trophy

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 team has been selected to receive the 2025 Robert J. Collier Trophy, one of the most prestigious honors in US aerospace, for completing what the National Aeronautic Association (NAA) called the first fully successful commercial lunar landing and operating multiple NASA payloads on the Moon. The NAA announced the award on March 18, 2026, and said the formal presentation will take place in Washington in Jun…

Firefly’s Blue Ghost Lunar Lander Earns 2025 Collier Trophy

Continuing the trend of recent years, the 2025 Robert J. Collier Trophy went to a recipient conducting activities far beyond Earth’s atmosphere. The National Aeronautic Association (NAA) on Wednesday announced that the team behind Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1—the first successful commercial lunar landing—took home the prestigious trophy, awarded annually since 1911 for the “greatest achievement in aeronautics or astronautics in Ameri…