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Private lunar lander Blue Ghost falls silent on the moon after a 2-week mission

  • Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander ended its mission after two weeks after completing science experiments for NASA.
  • All 10 experiments conducted by Blue Ghost were confirmed as successful during its lunar operations.
  • The lunar lander operated for five hours into the lunar night before becoming inactive due to a lack of solar energy.
  • Jason Kim, Firefly CEO, celebrated the mission's achievements for NASA.
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A sunset in another world. With that poetic final brooch has concluded the first successful mission of the CLPS lunar exploration initiative that NASA inaugurated in 2024 in collaboration with private companies. The Blue Ghost became last March 2nd the first US ship to perform a perfect landing since Apollo 17 achieved it in 1972. More than half a century after that last human experience on the Moon, the robotic probe of the company Firefly Aero…

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History-making Blue Ghost lunar lander sends one last message from the moon

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander marks the first fully successful commercial moon mission, achieving all objectives and transmitting a final farewell message.

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