Blue Ghost is aiming to become the second private lander to successfully soft-land on the moon, just over a year after Intuitive Machines' Odysseus lander. If all goes well, the solar-powered spacecraft will operate on the surface of the moon for one lunar day, or about 14 Earth days, with lunar sunset expected to bring an end to the mission.

A spaceship has captured stunning close-up footage of the Moon, including breathtaking scenes of Earth rising and setting behind it. The footage, shared on February 19, was taken by Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander during a 16-second burn on February 18,