A commercial lander arrived just in time to watch the sun rise over the surface of the moon, capturing dramatic shadows cast among craters under a dazzling bloom of light. Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost spacecraft touched down at 3:34 a.

The Blue Ghost spacecraft has taken its first images of the lunar surface as Firefly Aerospace and NASA celebrate a successful moon landing.

The Blue Ghost touchdown kicks off two weeks of around-the-clock research by NASA science and technology payloads.