India, March 2 -- Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost Mission 1 is set to attempt a landing on the Moon's "unexplored surface" at 3.34 am ET (12.20 pm IST) on Sunday, targeting a site near Mons Latreille, a volcanic feature in Mare Crisium on the Moon's northeastern near side. If successful, it will become only the second private lander to achieve this feat.

"Blue Ghost is ready to take the wheel!" the company posted on X on Saturday evening, announcing that flight controllers had initiated a key manoeuvre to lower the spacecraft's orbit.

The mission, nicknamed "Ghost Riders in the Sky," comes just over a year after the first commercial lunar landing. It is part of NASA's collaboration with private industry to reduce costs and support Artemi...