Image credit: Firefly Aerospace
The Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost Moon lander got a first look at the solar eclipse from the Moon around 12:30 am Central Daylight (Texas) Time.
In a photo released by the group, you can see the glowing ring of light emerge in the reflection of the lunar lander’s solar panel as Earth began to block the sun.
Image credit: Firefly Aerospace
More to come
The photo taken was taken from the lander’s top deck and also shows its X-band antenna (left), the Lunar Environment heliospheric X-ray Imager (center), and the Lunar Magnetotelluric Sounder mast (right).
More imagery is forthcoming when the Blue Ghost X-band antenna warms up from the cold temperatures faced in the darkness of totality.
Stay tuned for more images!