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Leonard David

Private lunar landing: How Blue Ghost measured the moon's electric and magnetic fields

The moon (left) and its magnetic field comparison on the right.

After achieving a touchdown in early March within the moon's Mare Crisium impact basin, Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander became an on-duty robotic scientist.

Kicking up dust and rocks, the Blue Ghost Mission-1's March 2 moon landing marked the start of executing NASA-backed Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) instruments.

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