A US private spaceship has achieved its first ever uncrewed lunar landing on Sunday, marking the second commercial moon landing.

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost touched down near an ancient volcanic vent on Mare Crisium, a large basin in the northeast corner of the moon’s Earth-facing side.

“We’re on the moon,” Mission Control reported, adding the lander was “stable.”

The mission is part of a NASA partnership with industry to cut costs and support the Artemis program, which strives to return astronauts to the moon.

“We’re going to be putting America first, we’re making America proud, we’re doing this for the US citizens,” said acting NASA director Janet Petro.

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