<ul><li>US company Firefly Aerospace has achieved the milestone of landing its spacecraft Blue Ghost on the moon. It is only the second private mission to do so and the first to achieve an upright landing.</li><li>The Blue Ghost Mission 1 touched down near Mons Latreille, on the moon's north-eastern near side. The precision landing was within 100 meters of its target.</li><li>The successful landing is significant, as the first private lunar landing from Intuitive Machines had toppled over upon arrival in 2024.</li><li>The Blue Ghost mission is part of a $2.6bn NASA partnership aimed at cutting costs and supporting the Artemis program to return astronauts to the moon.</li></ul>

Private spacecraft Blue Ghost makes successful upright moon landing

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