Striking images show Blue Ghost Mission 1’s successful moon landing
by Agence France-Presse from Science | The Guardian on (#6VMJE)
US firm Firefly Aerospace celebrates second-ever commercial lunar landing
A US company has successfully landed its spacecraft on the moon, marking only the second private mission to achieve the milestone - and the first to do so upright.
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost Mission 1 touched down at 8.34am GMT near Mons Latreille, a volcanic formation in Mare Crisium on the moon's north-eastern near side.
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