Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost spacecraft successfully landed on the moon, achieving the first fully successful landing by a commercial company on its first attempt. Over the course of its mission, which lasted a full lunar day or two Earth weeks, it drilled into three feet of lunar soil, captured X-ray images of the magnetic bubble that shields Earth, and explored a peculiar yellow glow at sunset. This impressive feat cements Firefly's status in the space industry amid a wave of recent lunar missions from various countries and companies.
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost spacecraft successfully completed its mission, marking the first fully successful moon landing by a commercial company on its maiden attempt.
The Blue Ghost spacecraft, about the size of a small car, drilled three feet into lunar soil and aimed to investigate mysterious phenomena like a yellow glow at sunset.
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