Launch time: 1:11 a.m. Wednesday from Kennedy Space Center's Pad 39A. Crafted by Firefly Aerospace, the Blue Ghost lunar lander will launch atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.Start the day smarter.
SpaceX launched a pair of lunar landers Wednesday for U.S. and Japanese companies looking to jumpstart business on Earth’s dusty sidekick.
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 .
A Falcon 9 rocket delivered the two landers to space earlier this morning, kickstarting a pair of exciting private Moon missions.
SpaceX Falcon 9 Starlink 12-4 is set to launch Monday at Kennedy Space Center. The rocket launch is set for 11:47 a.m. According to the Kennedy Space Center, SpaceX’s Starlink is an arrangement of network satellites to provide internet services to those not yet connected,
SpaceX completed its first launch from Kennedy Space Center for the year on Wednesday morning. A Falcon 9 carrying 21 Starlink satellites lifted off at 10:27 a.m. Eastern time from KSC's Launch Pad 39-A.
Onboard the Falcon 9 rocket are two separate lunar landers from two different companies that will explore the moon.
Space Coast sure is living up to its nickname. Another SpaceX rocket launch will potentially lift off— weather-permitting, it should be a pretty view.
SpaceX has sent Japanese and U.S. lunar landers on separate missions in a major step in the race to commercialize the Moon.
Firefly's Blue Ghost lunar lander has launched from Kennedy Space Center Pad 39A, and is on a 45-day journey to the moon for NASA.
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander flying under NASA’s CLPS program as well as Japanese company ispace’s Resilience lander are set to launch together on a SpaceX Falcon