Good morning and welcome to Kid News. I'm Kim. Today is Wednesday, February 26, 2025. And we begin with a lunar lander with a spooky name, zeroing in on the moon. As of this morning, Blue Ghost is in low orbit, taking amazing photos of craters as it gets ready for touchdown near an ancient volcano on Sunday. The spacecraft belongs to the private company Firefly Aeronautics, which is helping NASA with its Artemis plans.

After landing, Blue Ghost will carry out 10 experiments to collect samples, measure electric and magnetic fields,

and pave the way for the eventual arrival of astronauts.

The mission, known as Space Riders in the Sky, will last a total of one lunar day, which is

the same as 14 Earth days. Before lunar night on March 16th, when it'll be too cold for the

lander to continue functioning, engineers hope to capture sunset on the

moon and verify the dust levitation phenomenon, which happens when lunar dust appears to float

just above the surface. The phenomenon was first observed by astronauts in the Apollo era.

Football's Tush Push, the play made famous by the Philadelphia Eagles, now has a formal challenge.

It's been the subject of scrutiny for a while, but yesterday the Green Bay Packers filed

official paperwork with the league to get it banned.

For those unfamiliar with it, the push is a short-yardage

quarterback sneak, with other players shoving him forward from behind. The Super Bowl-winning

Eagles use it the most, followed by Buffalo and with a twist, the Ravens. The earliest the

proposal could come to a vote is next month when NFL owners have their annual meeting.

24 of the 32 owners would have to agree to ban it.

An amazing story from the animal kingdom. Researchers at USC in Southern California have documented

mice acting as caregivers to their comrades. For the purposes of the study,

scientists gave some rodents anesthesia, then watched as alert mice tried to revive them.

The concerned mice start by pawing and gently biting at the face of the immobilized mouse,

then move on to pulling out its tongue, just like humans do when they're trying to clear another person's

airway during CPR. The mice took their first aid to that extent over 50% of the time.

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