Firefly and ispace landers head to the Moon aboard a SpaceX rocket – 01/15/2025 at 07:18

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Texas-based Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander and Japanese company ispace’s Resilience lander 9348.T launched their journey to the Moon on Wednesday aboard a SpaceX rocket, according to a live broadcast from the company.

The two landers will be deployed separately into space more than an hour after launch and will head to the moon in the coming months, according to Firefly and ispace, in the latest examples of the intensifying global race for space. exploration of the lunar surface.