Blue Ghost, a spacecraft built by Firefly Aerospace, successfully completed its mission on the moon's surface after a full lunar day. The spacecraft conducted various experiments, including drilling into the lunar soil, taking X-ray images, and studying the mysterious yellow glow at sunset. Blue Ghost became the first commercial company to achieve a successful landing on the moon. The mission was sponsored by NASA, who paid Firefly $101.5 million to carry scientific payloads to the lunar surface.

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