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Two privately-owned spacecraft make contact from the moon

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Blue Ghost landed in a volcanic plain on the nearside of the moon called Mare Crisium at 3:34 a.m. EST on March 2 .
It is the first privately built lander to touch down on the moon without crashing or tipping over.
Athena , built by Houston -based Intuitive Machines , attempted to land on March 6 after only eight days in space.
Athena targeted a flat-topped mountain near the moon’s south pole called Mons Mouton , which is believed to be older than the surrounding terrain.
Both spacecraft will observe a total eclipse on March 14 .
NASA is collaborating with several private companies to send missions to the moon over the next several years .
The current plans include : - Intuitive Machines IM-3 , to land in a lunar swirl called Reiner Gamma .
And a commercial company in China plans to launch two small lunar exploration robots with the country’s Chang’e-8 mission in 2028 .
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