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Private spacecraft carrying NASA instruments to the surface of the moon has reached lunar orbit.
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost has spent 25 days in Earth 's orbit and another seven days in lunar transit.
The spacecraft will deliver and help test NASA 's fleet of NASA 's scientific instruments.
The mission comes as NASA prepares to send American astronauts back to the moon's surface.
Firefly's team plans to operate the 10 NASA instruments for a complete lunar day .
Mare Crisium is a 300-mile -wide basin in the northeast quadrant of the moon's near side.
The region is believed to have been created by early volcanic eruptions and flooded with basaltic lava more than 3 billion years ago .
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