The Blue Ghost was carrying 10 science and technology instruments to collect data for NASA. It landed softly in an "upright, stable configuration" within the Mare Crisium, a more than 300-mile-wide basin located on the moon’s near side (the side you can see from Earth), around 2:34 a.m., according a press release.

Early Sunday morning, Firefly Aerospace became the first private company to successfully land on the moon. The company's Blue Ghost lunar lander touched down up

Firefly Aerospace, headquartered in Cedar Park, became the first commercial company to successfully land on the moon on March 2. (Courtesy Firefly Aerospace) Firefly Aerospace, headquartered in Cedar Park,