Update: March 2, 11:07 a.m.
ET: Fireflys Blue Ghost lander performed a successful landing on the Moon earlier today.
Original article follows:
A private lunar lander is gearing up for its date with destiny.
Rendering of Blue Ghost on the lunar surface.© Firefly Aerospace
Firefly will be livestreaming the landing attempt on itsYouTube page.
The livestream will start at 2:20 a.m. you could also watch the landing at the livefeed below.
Should everything go smoothly, it will then begin its scheduled 16 days of surface operations.
That will entail putting the 10 scientific instruments onboard to use.
The mission also features tests of several pieces of technology that could be integral to NASAs Artemis program.
On March 14, the Earth will completely block out the Sun, resulting in a total eclipse.
Two days later, it will experience a lunar sunset, which is far rarer than on Earth.
A full day-night cycle on the Moon lasts about 29.5 Earth days.
Sunsets up there also have some weird effects.
On February 15, Resilience completed a flyby of the Moon, but the landing wont happen until April.
Intuitive Machines Athena is the third lunar-bound craft.
Itlaunched on February 26alongside NASAs Lunar Trailblazer satellite, which hasalready run into some trouble.
Athena is taking the most direct route, and is scheduled to attempt its landing on March 6.
Humans can still do some rad shit when we put our minds to it.
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