Falcon 9 launches American and Japanese commercial lunar landers
1 day ago · The Falcon 9 lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A at 1:11 a.m. Eastern. After two burns of the rocket’s upper stage, the Blue Ghost 1 lander by Firefly Aerospace ...
Liftoff! NASA Sends Science, Tech to Moon on Firefly, SpaceX Flight
1 day ago · Creating a golden streak in the night sky, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission One lander soars upward after liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, Jan. 15, as part of NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative.
Liftoff! Firefly Lunar Lander Begins Journey to the Moon
1 day ago · At 1:11 a.m. EST SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket and Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Aboard are a suite of NASA scientific instruments to the Moon as part of the agency’s CLPS ( Commercial Lunar Payload Services ) initiative and Artemis campaign.
Two lunar landers are on the way to the Moon after SpaceX’s …
7 hours ago · 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 ...
American, Japanese robotic landers share rocket launch to the Moon
1 day ago · Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander pictured atop a bespoke payload canister, which encased ispace’s Resilience lunar lander prior to encapsulation inside SpaceX’s Falcon 9 payload ...
Falcon 9 launches two landers to the Moon on the same mission
2 days ago · A Falcon 9 successfully lifted off during an instantaneous window on ... An on-time liftoff on Jan. 15 will see the lander reach lunar orbit in mid-February and land early in the first week of ...
Liftoff! SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Sends Blue Ghost Lunar Lander on …
1 day ago · At approximately 2:17 a.m. EST, following the launch, the Blue Ghost lunar lander separated from the Falcon 9 rocket. The lander was successfully powered on and continued its journey toward the Moon. Blue Ghost is expected to land on the lunar surface on Sunday, March 2. Throughout its mission, NASA’s scientific instruments aim to test and ...
Here's what NASA is sending to the moon on Firefly Aerospace's …
2 days ago · The two are launching on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, scheduled to liftoff no earlier than Wednesday, at 1:11 a.m. ET ... The lunar lander during the Apollo missions stood 22 feet (7 meters) tall ...
SpaceX Will Launch Two New Moon Landers on One Rocket: What …
1 day ago · A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifted off from the NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 1:11 a.m. Eastern time, carrying the Blue Ghost lander built by Firefly Aerospace of Austin, Texas, and the ...
Falcon 9 launches first Intuitive Machines lunar lander
Feb 15, 2024 · — An Intuitive Machines spacecraft is on its way to the moon Feb. 15 in the company’s quest to be the first commercial entity to successfully land on the lunar surface. A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifted...