Liftoff! NASA Sends Science, Tech to Moon on Firefly, SpaceX Flight
Jan 15, 2025 · Carrying science and tech on Firefly Aerospace’s first CLPS or Commercial Lunar Payload Services flight for NASA, Blue Ghost Mission 1 launched at 1:11 a.m. EST aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The company is targeting a lunar landing on Sunday, March 2.
Two lunar landers are on the way to the Moon after SpaceX’s …
Jan 16, 2025 · A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida early Wednesday and deployed two commercial lunar landers on separate trajectories to reach the Moon in the next few ...
Back to the moon: What to know about NASA lunar missions this …
1 day ago · Launched: Jan. 15.. Launch vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.. Launch site: Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida.. Landing site: Mare Frigoris (Sea of Cold) region in the north of the moon.
Falcon 9 launches two landers to the Moon on the same mission
Jan 14, 2025 · This flight, the eighth Falcon 9 launch of 2025, was the first time two lander spacecraft have launched to the Moon on the same rocket. Firefly’s Blue Ghost lander
American, Japanese robotic landers share rocket launch to the Moon
Jan 15, 2025 · SpaceX used the Falcon 9 first stage booster designated B1085 on this mission, which launched for a fifth time. Its previous launches were Crew-9, GPS 3 SV07, Starlink 10-5 and Starlink 6-77.
Falcon 9 launches American and Japanese commercial lunar landers
Jan 15, 2025 · WASHINGTON — A Falcon 9 successfully launched Jan. 15 two landers built by American and Japanese companies taking different paths to the surface of the moon. The Falcon 9 lifted off from the...
Two privately-built moon landers share a ride to space atop a Falcon 9 …
Jan 15, 2025 · With the nearly full moon shining overhead, two companies, one American and the other headquartered in Japan, launched privately developed robotic lunar landers early Wednesday, sharing a...
SpaceX launches 2 private lunar landers to the moon | Space
Jan 15, 2025 · A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost Mission moon lander and ispace's Resilience lunar lander soars upward after liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy ...
NASA science: Firefly Blue Ghost lander launches from Florida to moon
Jan 15, 2025 · At 1:11 a.m. Wednesday morning, the sky over Cape Canaveral lit up as a SpaceX Falcon 9 leaped off the launch pad which sent NASA astronauts to the moon during the Apollo missions.. That was ...
SpaceX rocket launches private missions to the Moon - BBC
Jan 15, 2025 · The Falcon 9 took off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 01:09 local time (06:09 GMT) on Wednesday, carrying landers belonging to America's Firefly Aerospace and Japan's ispace.