Elon Musk's Falcon 9 rocket launches 2 private moon landers

Elon Musk's Falcon 9 rocket launches two private moon landers
Simultaneous launches signal growing private interest in lunar exploration, traditionally dominated by governments.
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 the moon.
SpaceX Falcon 9 launches historic dual mission with Blue Ghost and Resilience moon landers
The mission featured two robotic lunar landers: one from Texas-based Firefly Aerospace and another from the Japanese space company ispace. Both landers, each roughly the size
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.
Double moonshot mission begins as lunar landers blast off on SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket
The launch comes as NASA aims to put a human on the moon again before the end of the decade - something last achieved in 1972.
Two Private Lunar Landers Launch Aboard SpaceX Falcon 9 for Moon Missions
Blue Ghost and Resilience, two private lunar landers, launched aboard SpaceX Falcon 9, advancing lunar exploration
Two lunar landers are on the way to the Moon after SpaceX’s double moonshot
The two robotic lunar landers —one from Firefly Aerospace based near Austin, Texas, and another from the Japanese space company ispace—will use their own small engines for the final maneuvers required to enter orbit around the Moon in the coming months.
US: SpaceX Launches Two Private Moon Landers
Merritt Island, United States - January 15, 2025 A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches with two commercial lunar landers from Launch Complex-39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on Jan. 15, 2025.
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SpaceX launches Falcon 9 on sunny, brisk Wednesday morning from NASA's Kennedy Space Center
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Aircraft Forces SpaceX to Scrub Rocket Countdown at Vandenberg SFB
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