"Per aspera ad astra! Love, Blue Ghost." The Latin phrase-which roughly translates to "through hardships to the stars"-closes out the final lunar transmission from the Blue Ghost lander, which according to developer Firefly Aerospace achieved the "longest commercial operations on the moon to date" during its approximately two-week mission.

Firefly Aerospace on Monday announced the conclusion of its Blue Ghost lunar lander mission, declaring it the first “fully successful” commercial operation on the moon.

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost commercial lander has gone dark on the moon as planned, but not before sending back spectacular views of the lunar sunset