Striking images show Blue Ghost Mission 1’s successful moon landing

US firm Firefly Aerospace celebrates second-ever commercial lunar landingA 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. Continue reading...

Striking images show Blue Ghost Mission 1’s successful moon landing

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. Continue reading...