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Japan's Ispace, US's Firefly Launch Commercial Moon Landers
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches carrying Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander as the primary payload and Japan-based ispace's Resilience lander as a secondary payload, from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., January 15, 2025. REUTERS/Steve Nesius
Two Private Moon Landers Have Launched at Once: What to Know
Robotic vehicles from Firefly Aerospace of Texas and Ispace of Japan parted ways early Wednesday after being launched on the same SpaceX rocket. Both are aiming for the lunar surface.
Two lunar landers are on the way to the Moon after SpaceX’s double moonshot
Blue Ghost's final descent to the Moon is tentatively scheduled for March 2. The target landing site is in Mare Crisium, an ancient 350-mile-wide (560-kilometer) impact basin in the northeast part of the near side of the Moon.
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.
Falcon 9 rocket launches iSpace and Firefly Space lander on its way to the moon
SpaceX has launched the lunar landers of two aerospace companies from the USA and Japan. One of them is hoping for success at the second attempt.
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.
What's flying to the moon on ispace's Resilience lunar lander?
Tokyo-based company ispace's Resilience lunar lander will launch atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket early Wednesday (Jan. 15). Here's what the spacecraft is carrying.
Japan's ispace, US's Firefly launch moon landers from Florida
By Joey Roulette and Kantaro Komiya ORLANDO, Florida/TOKYO (Reuters) -Two moon landers, one from Japan's ispace and another from U.S. space firm Firefly, lifted off on Wednesday from Florida on a SpaceX rocket in an unusual double moonshot launch,
The Blue Ghost Lunar Lander Is Now Headed to the Moon: Here's What to Know
NASA's Blue Ghost lunar lander is on its way to the moon, soaring through space with a tiny lunar rover called Tenacious. "After all the testing conducted and mission simulations completed, we're now fully focused on execution as we look to complete our on-orbit operations,
SpaceX launches 2 private lunar landers to the moon (video, photos)
The two lunar landers — Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost, and Resilience, built by the Japanese company ispace — lifted off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket early this morning (Jan. 15) from NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) here on Florida's Space Coast.
Landers from two countries are on their way to the moon
SpaceX launched Firefly Aerospace's "blue ghost" alongside a lander from Japan. They didn't intend to launch together.
SpaceX Just Launched Two Private Moon Landers. Here’s What Happens Next
A Falcon 9 rocket delivered the two landers to space earlier this morning, kickstarting a pair of exciting private Moon ...
Two privately-built moon landers share a ride to space atop a Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket
Firefly's "Blue Moon" and ispace's "Resilience" are the latest in an ongoing push to gain private-sector experience exploring ...
What is the MoonHouse? SpaceX and ispace to put artist's tiny house on the moon
It took a quarter of a century, but artist Mikael Genberg may finally see his dream realized: a red Swedish house, on the ...
SpaceX launches 7th Starship test flight
A “new generation” Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, lifts off on its most ambitious test flight yet. Follow for the latest news.