Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander carrying a vacuum, drill, and other equipment for experiments for NASA touched down on the moon on March 2.
The lander’s mission is the latest of several undertaken by a group of companies looking to establish business on the moon before NASA sends human missions with its Artemis program. While on autopilot, Blue Ghost descended from lunar orbit and aimed for slopes on an ancient volcanic dome in an impact basin. The area is located on the northeastern edge of the moon’s nearest side.
Firefly Aerospace, a startup founded a decade ago, confirmed the successful touchdown from its Mission Control outside Austin, Texas, after following the exploration roughly 225,000 miles away....
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