SpaceX launches two private lunar landers to the moon

Source: Space.com

“Get ready, moon: Two private landers have made it to space and will soon be headed your way! 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. The Falcon 9 launched at 1:11 a.m. EST (0611 GMT) beneath a full moon and a clear, starry sky. … The launch of Blue Ghost and Reslience kicks off a busy year of moon missions. Houston-based company Intuitive Machines, which completed a successful lunar landing with its first Nova-C lander, Odysseus, in February 2024, is expected to launch its IM-2 mission as soon as next month.” (01/15/25)

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