Moon Milestone

Firefly Aerospace has become the first private business to conduct a successful moon landing. On March 2, its uncrewed Blue Ghost lander (above) touched down on lunar soil.
The lander launched from Florida in January. It carried tools, including a drill and a vacuum, for 10 NASA experiments. “You all stuck the landing,” Will Coogan, chief engineer, announced to his team as the craft arrived safely. “We’re on the moon.”