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Watch Live: Firefly looks to punch NASA moon ticket with overnight SpaceX launch

A SpaceX mission set to lift off overnight marks a first for Firefly Aerospace under NASA’s plans to build up American companies to support its lunar goals. A Falcon 9 targeting a 1:11 a.m, liftoff Wednesday from KSC’s Launch Pad 39-A is carrying the Cedar Park,

MarketWatch · 4h

Liftoff! NASA Sends Science, Tech to Moon on Firefly, SpaceX Flight

A suite of NASA scientific investigations and technology demonstrations is on its way to our nearest celestial neighbor aboard a commercial spacecraft, where they will provide insights into the Moon's environment and test technologies to support future astronauts landing safely on the lunar surface under the agency's Artemis campaign.

Space on MSN · 13h

Here's what NASA is sending to the moon on Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander

NASA is sending a suite of science and technology demonstrations on Firefly Aerospace's Ghost Riders in the Sky mission to the surface of the moon.

2 Private Moon Landers Are Launching at Once

The New York Times · 3h

Two Private Moon Landers Have Launched at Once: What to Know

Robotic vehicles from Firefly Aerospace of Texas and Ispace of Japan will part ways early Wednesday after launching from the same SpaceX rocket. Both are aiming for the lunar surface.

The Associated Press on MSN · 2h

Two private lunar landers head toward the moon in a roundabout journey

SpaceX has launched a pair of lunar landers for U.S. and Japanese companies looking to jumpstart business up there.

Japan's ispace, US's Firefly launch moon landers from Florida

Two moon landers, one from Japan's ispace and another from U.S. space firm Firefly, lifted off on Wednesday from Florida on a SpaceX rocket in an unusual double moonshot launch, underscoring the global rush to peruse the lunar surface.

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Two privately-built moon landers share a ride to space atop a Falcon 9 rocket

Firefly's "Blue Moon" and ispace's "Resilience" are the latest in an ongoing push to gain private-sector experience exploring ...

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Blue Ghost moon lander will help NASA see Earth's magnetic field 'breathing' for 1st time

Firefly Aerospace's soon-to-launch Blue Ghost moon lander will help NASA better understand our home planet, and how it ...

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Texas Tech professor to leave mark on Moon through NASA. Here's how it's being done

"Bearing our banners far and wide" is getting a whole new meaning at Texas Tech University this week. In the spirit of those ...

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NASA: Peak of 'Wolf Moon' to peak Wednesday evening

The first full moon of 2024, referred to as the Wolf Moon, will peak on Monday, reaching its peak illumination early in the ...

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Firefly Aerospace’s first lunar lander will shuttle 10 NASA payloads to the moon

The Austin-area space firm’s Blue Ghost mission will gather more information about deep space and lunar environments for ...

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NASA’s Electric Marvel: The Dust Shield Transforming Moon Missions

NASA's new technology, the Electrodynamic Dust Shield, is set to transform how we manage lunar dust, using electrical forces ...

NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer Is About To Take One Small Step ... To Get Us Back To The Moon

NASA’s upcoming Artemis II mission is slated to return astronauts to the Moon no sooner than April 2026. First, Lunar ...

What is the wolf moon? 2025's 1st full moon, plus other rare celestial wonders

As 2025 begins, so comes the first full moon of the year. 2025's first full moon will be the last of four consecutive ...

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