A private moon lander challenges ideas about lunar volcanism

Blue Ghost’s first measurements test a long-running explanation for the man in the moon

A long spacecraft shadow falls across the moon’s surface beneath a black sky.

Blue Ghost’s shadow stretches across the moon’s surface after the Firefly Aerospace lander touched down there in March 2025. Its first science measurements revive a lunar mystery.

NASA, Firefly Aerospace

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