By Mike Wall

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost moon lander just etched its name into the history books.

Blue Ghost aced its touchdown try early this morning (March 2), becoming just the second private spacecraft ever to soft-land on the moon. The lander hauled 10 science experiments to the lunar surface for NASA, which was understandably happy with today’s result. The first photos from the probe showed Earth shining overhead.

“We’re on the moon!” Nicky Fox, associate administrator for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, said during the landing webcast. “I’m sorry — I’m just so excited right now.”

https://www.space.com/the-universe/moon/were-on-the-moon-private-blue-ghost-moon-lander-aces-historic-lunar-landing-for-nasa