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History-making Blue Ghost lunar lander sends one last message from the moon

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Texas -based Firefly Aerospace declares Blue Ghost mission over after achieving “ 100 percent ” of its objectives.

Blue Ghost landed on the moon’s near-side earlier this month .

The four -legged robotic lander was able to fulfill a key goal of the mission and continue operating for about five hours after sundown.

During operations, the lander beamed a total of about 120 gigabytes of data — equivalent to 24,000 songs — back to Earth .

Under the Commercial Lunar Payload Services program, NASA hopes to establish a fleet of spacecraft developed by the private sector that can robotically explore the lunar surface.

The agency returns astronauts to the moon later this decade .

“Our team may look younger and less experienced than those of many nations and companies that attempted Moon landings before us, but the support we have for one another is what fuels the hard work and dedication to finding every solution that made this mission a success,” said Will Coogan , chief engineer.

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