Firefly’s Blue Ghost — named after a species of U.S. Southeastern fireflies — should reach the moon first. The 6-foot-6-inches-tall (2-meter-tall) lander will attempt a touchdown in early March at Mare Crisium, a volcanic plain in the northern latitudes.

The two landers are expected to touch down on the surface of the moon in two and four months respectively. View on euronews

SpaceX plans to launch two private moon landers early Wednesday morning (Jan. 15), and you can watch the action live.

The two landers are expected to touch down on the surface of the moon in two and four months respectively.

Frank Sinatra once crooned, "Fly me to the moon. Let me play among the stars," and for two companies, including one here in Texas, SpaceX granted that wish.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is set to launch a pair of lunar landers on a journey to our closest celestial neighbor — kicking off what’s expected to be a bustling year of moon missions amid a renewed race to establish a long-term human presence on the lunar surface.

A Falcon 9 rocket delivered the two landers to space earlier this morning, kickstarting a pair of exciting private Moon missions.

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

On board the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that took off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida were Firefly ... On the Japanese side, Tokyo-based ispace's first attempt to land on the Moon ended in an unsalvageable "hard landing" in April 2023.

The rocket launched at 1:11 a.m. EST Wednesday from Launch Complex 39A at Florida's Kennedy Space Center, marking the ... Advertisement Tokyo-based ispace is also sending its Tenacious micro ...

The two landers rocketed away in the middle of the night from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, the latest in a ... It’s take 2 for the Tokyo-based ispace, whose first lander crashed into the ...

NASA is hosting a Day of Remembrance at the Kennedy Space Center tomorrow to honor astronauts who have sacrificed their lives while furthering the cause of space exploration and discovery. The event is held every year to honor the crews of Apollo I and space shuttles Challenger and Columbia.