Initial data shows Blue Ghost touched down within its 100-meter landing target next to the Mons Latreille, a volcanic feature in the Mare Crisium, a large basin on the near-side of the moon. Firefly hosted a late-night watch party at Haute Spot, a Cedar Park concert venue, where hundreds of employees and guests watched a livestream of the landing.

The second commercial landing on the moon comes amid a string of lunar exploration missions that will see around a dozen this year alone

The landing precedes by just four days the planned arrival of a second uncrewed American spacecraft built and operated by Intuitive Machines. The space exploration company, also based in Texas, etched its name in the history books a year ago when its spacecraft,