Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost mission landed on the lunar surface Sunday.

This handout photograph taken and released by Firefly Aerospace on March 2, 2025, shows the shadow of the company’s Blue Ghost lander on the Moon’s surface.

Space stocks are climbing in premarket trade on Monday, after the private space company Firefly Aerospace successfully landed on the Moon. 

The Cedar Park, Texas-based company said that its uncrewed Blue Ghost lander softly touched down on the lunar surface “in an upright, stable configuration.” Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1, dubbed Ghost Riders in the Sky, is part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative to deliver science and technology payloads to the moon.

Space stocks have been lifted by the successful landing, with shares of rival space-exploration company Intuitive Machines Inc. up 2.9% premarket.

Last year Intuitive Machines’ uncrewed Odysseus lander became the first American spacecraft to reach the lunar surface since Apollo 17’s Challenger lunar module. The lander toppled onto its side during its landing near the moon’s south pole, but was still able to communicate with flight controllers. The mission ended seven days after reaching the lunar surface.

Last week Houston-based Intuitive Machines launched its second mission to the Moon. The company’s Nova-C lander, called Athena, is expected to reach the lunar surface Thursday.

“Congrats to @Firefly_Space on Blue Ghost’s successful Moon landing! A huge win for lunar exploration – there are now TWO Texas-made lunar landers on the surface and a third on the way,” Intuitive Machines wrote on X.

Shares of space-based broadband company AST SpaceMobile Inc., which reports fourth-quarter results after market close Monday, are up 8.3%.

Space-launch company Rocket Lab Inc.’s stock is up 3.9%, while Redwire Corp., which manufactures and supplies space equipment, is up 5.2%. Shares of earth-imaging company Planet Labs PBC are up 4.1%.

Space-based intelligence company BlackSky Technology Inc.’s shares are up 2.7%.

Shares of the Destiny Tech100 Inc. fund, which has SpaceX as the biggest holding in its portfolio, are up 3.8% and the Procure Space ETF is up 1.9%.