'We're on the moon!' Private Blue Ghost moon lander aces historic lunar landing for NASA

Space.com ^ | March 2, 2025 | Mike Wall

[Ezekiel]

Blue Ghost just became the second private spacecraft ever to soft-land on the moon.

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost moon lander just etched its name into the history books.

Blue Ghost aced its touchdown try early this morning (March 2), becoming just the second private spacecraft ever to soft-land on the moon. The lander hauled 10 science experiments to the lunar surface for NASA, which was understandably happy with today's result.

[Svartalfiar]

Granted, you won’t reach it because you’ll hit the surface before you reach that velocity.

Terminal velocity is the point where gravitational force equals drag force. If there’s no drag, you just keep accelerating until you fully immediately stop accelerating.

[Scrambler Bob]

Robert A. Heinlein wrote about that

“The Moon is a Harsh Mistress”