In addition to these payloads, Texas-based Firefly performed some work of its own on the Moon. Blue Ghost captured a total solar eclipse from the Moon on March 14, while Earth simultaneously experienced a total lunar eclipse. Two days later, Blue Ghost caught a lunar sunset, with Earth appearing over the lunar horizon.

It’s lights out for the first private lunar lander to pull off a fully successful moon mission. The end came as the sun set at the moon, no longer providing energy for the lander’s solar panels. “Mission is completed,