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Firefly's Blue Ghost Lands, Captures Stunning Lunar Sunset

3/20/2025

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Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander made history by capturing stunning high-definition images of a lunar sunset during its groundbreaking two-week mission, which concluded on March 16. Launched in January and landing on March 2, it successfully delivered 10 NASA instruments and became the first private spacecraft to land upright, transmitting an impressive 119 gigabytes of data back to Earth.

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Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander made history by capturing stunning high-definition images of a lunar sunset during its groundbreaking two-week mission, which concluded on March 16. Launched in January and landing on March 2, it successfully delivered 10 NASA instruments and became the first private spacecraft to land upright, transmitting an impressive 119 gigabytes of data back to Earth.