What's next for the 2 private landers SpaceX just launched toward the moon?
Early on Tuesday morning (Jan. 15), a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sent Blue Ghost and Resilience — lunar landers built by Firefly Aerospace and the Tokyo-based company ispace, respectively — into the final frontier from Florida's Space Coast.
Watch SpaceX exquisitely set free a pair of moon landers in space
Firefly's Blue Ghost lander, originally scheduled to lift off in late 2024, is on its maiden voyage. The uncrewed spacecraft is expected to travel for 45 days before trying to touch down in early March. Its flight is the first NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services mission of the year .
SpaceX launches two commercial missions to the moon
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched lunar landers to the moon for two commercial missions on Wednesday, January 15.
SpaceX launches a pair of lunar landers for U.S. and Japanese companies
SpaceX launches a pair of lunar landers for U.S. and Japanese companies.
Japan's Ispace, US's Firefly Launch Commercial Moon Landers
ORLANDO, Florida/TOKYO (Reuters) -Two moon landers, one from Japan's ispace and another from U.S. space firm Firefly, began their journeys into space on Wednesday with SpaceX's unusual double moonshot launch,
SpaceX set to carry two moon landers on one rocket
A SpaceX rocket set to launch overnight will carry two lunar landers, one from Austin-based Firefly Aerospace and one from Japan’s ispace.
SpaceX Launches Two Lunar Probes as Race to Moon Heats Up
SpaceX launched a pair of commercial satellites carrying lunar rovers as competition intensifies in the private sector’s race to the moon.
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