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US firm Firefly Aerospace makes second-ever commercial moon landing
The size of a compact car, the four-legged Blue Ghost touched down Sunday near an ancient volcanic vent on Mare Crisium, a large basin in the north-east corner of the moon's Earth-facing side. Flight controllers at Firefly's Austin, Texas headquarters watched as Blue Ghost descended toward the moon's surface at 2 miles per hour, confirming on a live stream that the spacecraft had entered lunar gravity Private spacecraft Blue Ghost makes successful upright moon landing
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The size of a compact car, the four-legged Blue Ghost touched down Sunday near an ancient volcanic vent on Mare Crisium, a large basin in the north-east corner of the moon's Earth-facing side. Flight controllers at Firefly's Austin, Texas headquarters watched as Blue Ghost descended toward the moon's surface at 2 miles per hour, confirming on a live stream that the spacecraft had entered lunar gravity Private spacecraft Blue Ghost makes successful upright moon landing
via YouTube
