A spacecraft from Firefly Aerospace, equipped with a drill, vacuum cleaner, and additional instruments for NASA, successfully landed on the moon on Sunday. This achievement represents another ambitious step by private companies aiming to jumpstart commercial activities on the moon’s surface before future astronaut missions. The Blue Ghost lander, operating on autopilot, made its descent from lunar orbit, targeting the slopes of a primordial volcanic dome within a vast impact basin located on the moon’s near side, specifically along its northeastern border.

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