SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Two Private Moon Landers at Once Written 15 January 2025
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SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Firefly Blue Ghost & HAKUTO-R M2 “Resilience” to the Moon, January 15 at 1:11 a.m. ET | Credit: NASASpaceflight; YouTube; framegrab
The New York Times reports, “A space twofer took place early Wednesday morning — two lunar missions for the price of one rocket launch. A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifted off from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 1:11 a.m. Eastern time, carrying the Blue Ghost lander built by Firefly Aerospace of Austin, Texas, and the Resilience lander from Ispace of Japan.”
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SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Firefly Blue Ghost & HAKUTO-R M2 “Resilience” (Launch at 00:56:42 mark)
(NASASpaceflight; YouTube)