Good news! It turns out that safely landing on the Moon isn't impossible. After a string of lunar landers failed, Firefly's Blue Ghost touched down on March 2nd in Mare Crisium on the near side of the Moon, becoming the first privately built lander to complete this feat. Blue Ghost is carrying ten experiments, which will operate over the next two weeks before the lunar night sets in. It will take the first images of a total solar eclipse seen from the Moon.

Touchdown! Carrying NASA Science, Firefly’s Blue Ghost Lands on Moon - NASA

Carrying a suite of NASA science and technology, Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 successfully landed at 3:34 a.m. EST on Sunday near a volcanic

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