Blue Ghost Lander Completes Historic Lunar Mission with Stunning Sunset Imagery

Firefly Aerospace's lander, the first private spacecraft to land upright on the Moon, transmitted 119 GB of data and captured the first high-definition lunar sunset images before going dark.

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander successfully completed its two-week mission on the Moon, operating for five hours into the lunar night before losing power.
The mission marked the first time a private spacecraft landed upright on the Moon and achieved all its objectives under NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.
Blue Ghost captured the first high-definition images of a lunar sunset, including views of Earth and Venus, with scientists analyzing the photos for insights into the lunar horizon glow phenomenon.
The lander transmitted 119 GB of data, demonstrating new technologies such as GPS signal detection on the Moon and robotic subsurface drilling, though the drill faced resistance and reached only three feet instead of the planned ten.
Firefly plans to attempt reactivating the lander in early April, but engineers are skeptical due to the harsh conditions of the lunar night.