Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 03:00pm on 02 Mar 2025,Sunday Science
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander successfully touched down on the Moon’s Mare Crisium region, becoming the first commercial spacecraft to achieve a fully successful lunar landing. Launched on January 15 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9, it refined its trajectory for 16 days in lunar orbit before landing on March 2. The lander, carrying 10 NASA payloads, will study heat flow, magnetic fields, and lunar dust behavior for 14 Earth days. This marks a major milestone for private space exploration, paving the way for future missions under NASA’s Artemis program.
