India, March 2 -- After traversing a long journey through space, a US spacecraft is poised to make a daring touchdown on the Moon and become the only second private lander to achieve the feat if it succeeds, media reports said.

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost Mission 1 is targeting landing around 3:34 am US Eastern time (0834 GMT) on Sunday.

"Blue Ghost is ready to take the wheel!" The company posted on X on Saturday evening, adding flight controllers had just initiated a key maneuver that lowered a spacecraft's orbit.

Nicknamed "Ghost Riders in the Sky," the mission comes just a year after the first-ever commercial lunar landing.

It is part of a NASA partnership with industry to cut costs and support Artemis.

The program aims to retu...