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SpaceX Launches Two Probes as Race to Moon Heats Up
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January 16, 2025
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0:55Now PlayingSpaceX launched a pair of commercial satellites carrying lunar rovers as competition intensifies in the private sector’s race to the moon. #spacex #nasa #musk
The California-based company’s Falcon 9 rocket was carrying two probes when it took off early Wednesday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
One probe is from Texas-based Firefly Aerospace Inc. Its so-called Blue Ghost marks Firefly’s first foray into lunar exploration and the company will attempt a landing on the moon in about 45 days.
Sharing the rocket with Blue Ghost is the Hakuto-R probe from Tokyo-based Ispace Inc. It’s scheduled to reach the moon around the middle of the year if all goes well in what is the startup’s second attempt after getting frustrating close to making history in 2023.
The Hakuto-R will take longer to get there because Ispace is taking a safer and less energy intensive route and aiming for a flatter landing spot on the moon’s surface this time around.
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