Spacecraft swoops around moon to prepare for landing, snaps footage
The Blue Ghost spacecraft is on track for the big show.The 6.6-foot-tall lander will attempt to touch down in Mare Crisium, a lava-covered basin on the moon's near side, on March 2. Mission controllers at Texas-based Firefly Aerospace have successfully fired thrusters to enter a lower orbit around the moon, in preparation for the much-anticipated landing event. The company released footage Blue Ghost captured during one of these recent orbital maneuvers.What's more, you can catch two glimpses of
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