Firefly Aerospace's "Blue Ghost" lander became the first private spacecraft to successfully land on the Moon after descending from lunar orbit early Sunday morning.

Firefly confirmed on X around 0336 ET that the 6.6-foot-tall lander "stuck the landing" and "became the first commercial company in history to achieve a fully successful Moon landing. This small step on the Moon represents a giant leap in commercial exploration," adding this "paves the way for future missions to the Moon and Mars." 

Here is Blue Ghost's first image of the lunar surface. 

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Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin congratulated the Austin-based space startup on X:

Blue Ghost's lunar journey began earlier this year atop Elon Musk's SpaceX rocket launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission will last two weeks, during which the lander will conduct ten NASA-sponsored experiments.

Last year, Houston-based Intuitive Machines' Odysseus Lander crash-landed on the moon, dooming many of its onboard instruments. 

Besides private companies, five nations—the former Soviet Union, the US, China, India, and, most recently, Japan—have successfully achieved soft landings on the lunar surface.

Missions like Firefly's Blue Ghost show the commercial space race is heating up. The US leads this race because of Musk's SpaceX, years ahead of the rest of the world (Goldman went bull on Starlink satellite part suppliers last month).

The US plans to send astronauts to the lunar surface in a series of crewed missions by the end of the decade. Musk recently stated that the first Starship mission to Mars would be in two years.

CBS News noted that shortly after Blue Ghost touched down on the lunar surface, employees were handed "Make Space Great Again" hats. This is what 'America First' looks like—the era of weakness and gender confusion is likely coming to an abrupt end.

Americans have long been known as explorers, pioneers, and trailblazers, pushing boundaries to the extreme—from the frontier days to the Space Age. Democrats have totally lost the plot about nation with their weird obsession with woke Marxism and horrific child mutilations. 

After decades of crisis in the so-called Fourth Turning, a new First Turning could emerge, centered around national renewal and Space Age 2.0. The young generation will find its heroes—those launching rockets and strong leaders (MAGA). The new Americana Party will likely take the reins and lead the nation into a new chapter—one driven by strong leaders and space exploration.