Here's Every Major US Space Launch Scheduled in 2025
The first big launch belongs to SpaceX, which is sending its Blue Ghost lunar lander to the moon in January 2025. It's set to carry 10 NASA payloads that'll study everything from the plumes of dust formed by the rocket's landing to the effects of regolith dust on equipment and humans.
SpaceX launches two commercial missions to the moon
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched lunar landers to the moon for two commercial missions on Wednesday, January 15.
SpaceX launches U.S and Japanese landers to the moon
The two landers that departed from Kennedy Space Center are the latest in a stream of private spacecraft headed to the moon.
Japan's ispace, US's Firefly launch commercial moon landers
Two moon landers, one from Japan's ispace and another from U.S. space firm Firefly, began their journeys into space on Wednesday with SpaceX's unusual double moonshot launch, underscoring the global rush to examine the lunar surface.
Firefly Aerospace, NASA successfully launch mission to Moon
A Cedar Park-based aerospace company designed the lunar lander that successfully launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket early Wednesday morning, with the aim of landing on the moon in March. Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander launched at 1:11 a.
Two lunar landers are on the way to the Moon after SpaceX’s double moonshot
The two robotic lunar landers —one from Firefly Aerospace based near Austin, Texas, and another from the Japanese space company ispace—will use their own small engines for the final maneuvers required to enter orbit around the Moon in the coming months.
Two Private Landers Launch on a SpaceX Rocket, Aiming to Touch Down on the Moon
A SpaceX rocket carrying two commercial lunar landers took off toward space early Wednesday morning in another step toward an era of private moon exploration. This carpool to the moon carried Blue Ghost,
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Space race 2.0: How Artemis delays could give China upper hand to beat US
Artemis delays raise questions about NASA's 2027 moon landing goal. Can the US maintain its lead in space exploration?
Watch Live: Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost 1 Launch – First Commercial Robotic Moon Mission
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost Mission 1, part of NASA’s Artemis campaign, is set to launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, ...
Firefly Aerospace to launch its first mission to the moon next week
Next week, a new lander will be launched to the moon carrying NASA science instruments as part of the agency’s push to incorporate more private companies into its lunar program. Firefly Aerospace has ...
Elon Musk’s SpaceX Test-Launch Of Starship Ends In ‘Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly’
SpaceX launched Starship on Thursday for a seventh test flight, after weather concerns pushed back an experiment that will feature the spacecraft’s first payload deployment test, and while it ...
Watch SpaceX launch Starship, with flight testing how it will deploy satellites in space
The Starship system is designed to be fully reusable and aims to become a new method of flying cargo and people beyond Earth.
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How Artemis will land humans on the Moon
These include NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS ... a more realistic date is late 2029. Artemis 4 will use the uprated SLS Block 1A rocket, which will have an additional 33,000 pounds (15,000 ...
SpaceX loses spacecraft after successful booster catch in Starship test
SpaceX said the ship experienced “a rapid unscheduled disassembly during its ascent burn,” moments after a dramatic, successful booster catch at the launchpad.