March 2025

1. 14 Fri
   NASA Science Data Received, Blue Ghost Captures Eclipse From Moon

   All 10 NASA CLPS payloads on Blue Ghost powered on and collected data. On March 14, the lander captured historic imagery of a total solar eclipse from the lunar surface — the first time a commercial company observed this phenomenon while actively operating on the Moon. The LuGRE instrument received GPS signals from 362,000 km, setting a new record.

   Firefly Blue Ghost Completes First Fully Successful Commercial Moon Landing
2. 7 Fri
   NASA Receives Some Data Before Intuitive Machines Ends Lunar Mission

   NASA confirmed Intuitive Machines' IM-2 Athena lander ended operations less than 13 hours after landing at Mons Mouton. The lander settled on its side in a crater ~250 m off-target after an altimeter failure. Despite the anomaly, 250 MB of science data was returned and PRIME-1 demonstrated full hardware range of motion. Mission contract value: $62.5M.

   Intuitive Machines IM-2 Athena Lander Tips Over at Lunar South Pole

Headlines link to nasa.gov. Summaries are ours, 1–2 lines; read the full story at the source.