Private lunar lander Blue Ghost falls silent on the Moon after two-week mission

The end came as the sun set at the Moon, no longer providing energy for the lander’s solar panels

Private lunar lander Blue Ghost’s shadow is seen on the Moon’s surface (Nasa/Firefly Aerospace via AP)

The first private lunar lander to pull off a fully successful Moon mission has fallen silent.

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander fell silent at the weekend, wrapping up two weeks of science experiments for Nasa.