Cape Canaveral | A private lunar lander carrying a drill, vacuum and other experiments for NASA touched down on the moon on Sunday (Monday AEDT), the latest in a string of companies looking to kickstart business on Earth’s celestial neighbour ahead of astronaut missions.
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander descended from lunar orbit on autopilot, aiming for the slopes of an ancient volcanic dome in an impact basin on the moon’s north-eastern edge of the near side.
