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NASA's commercial lunar payload services or clips is an initiative to enable uncrewed commercial spacecraft to land on the lunar surface.

Instead of carrying people, the spacecraft carries scientific instruments, and to get there,

U.S. companies have to design, develop, and operate these spacecrafts. On this podcast, we've talked about clips a number of times, namely ahead of the launches. Earlier this year, we previewed

two of the clips flights that landed on the moon, Fireflies Blue Ghost Mission 1 or BGM1,

and intuitive machines IM2. On episodes 367 and 373, respectively, we talked about the mission

and the science on board and how once on the surface the spacecraft and flight control teams

on the ground would transition to surface operations

to look after vehicle health, activate payloads, and downlink some precious scientific data.

On this episode, we'll revisit these missions and share the story of the work after landing

on the moon. What exactly happened during these operations? And how do they differ from our

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