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Watch Blue Ghost Land On The Moon in HD

A few days ago, on March 2, the first lunar lander operated by a private company landed successfully on the Moon. The video of the landing is really something β€” I wonder if I will ever get accustomed to or tired of watching footage of spacecraft landing on other bodies in our solar system? The answer is a resounding NO so far…this is cool as hell.

You can read more about Firefly’s Blue Ghost on Wikipedia. The mission delivered 10 science and technology investigations to the surface of the Moon for NASA. (via phil plait)

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Jack Hays

I know that I'm a dad because as I was talking to my son about how NASA landed Perseverance on Mars in 2021, I almost started tearing up thinking about the human ingenuity that got us there. I'll always love stuff like this.

enbeecee

One small step!

Tom Boegel

Space nerd Scott Manley has posted an interesting analysis of this video, including a determination of where Blue Ghost actually landed.

https://youtu.be/xWkyvcj93Oo?si=gp4VtDmKfWNfI6qF

Jordan Warshavsky

FAKE

Everyone knows that the moon is flat and made of cheese.

Also the Great A’Tuin was nowhere to be seen!

(The excitement of the team on touchdown though, that was palpable)

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