The Blue Ghost spacecraft landed on the moon

The Blue Ghost spacecraft from Firefly Aerospace USA successfully landed on the moon. This was announced on March 2 on the social network X (ex. Twitter) The United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

"Blue Ghost landed, safely delivering 10 NASA scientific studies and technical demonstrations," the statement said.

It is specified that these studies will help to learn more about the lunar environment.

The entire journey from Earth to the Moon took about 1.5 months. He was able to land safely at 11:36 Moscow time. Blue Ghost is supposed to work on the Moon for about two weeks.

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Earlier, on February 27, an American company launched a Falcon 9 rocket with an Intuitive Machines module called Athena to the Moon from the launch complex in Florida. It was clarified that during the space mission, the NASA Lunar Trailblazer spacecraft was launched and put into orbit, which will map the distribution of various forms of water on the Moon. At the same time, the lunar module will study organic and inorganic compounds using the TRIDENT ground drilling rig and the MSolo mass spectrometer.