Blue Ghost lander explores Moon's ancient impact site

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander successfully touched down on the Moon after a 45-day journey. It is now exploring Mare Crisium, an ancient impact site, and will operate for 14 Earth days, using 10 NASA instruments to gather data. This mission marks Firefly as the second company to land on the Moon and the first to do so upright. Blue Ghost will conduct various experiments, including lunar subsurface drilling and dust studies, while also capturing images of lunar events like a total eclipse. Two additional private landers are on their way to the Moon. The ispace Resilience lander is set to land in April, while Intuitive Machines' Athena lander is scheduled for touchdown on March 6.