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 ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER – Japan-based space startup ispace, Inc.’s Resilience lunar lander was launched on a journey toward the moon from the Kennedy Space Center at 1:10 a.m. on Wednesday. It separated ...

Two moon landers, one from Japan's ispace and another from US space firm Firefly, began their journeys into space on Wednesday with SpaceX's unusual double moonshot launch, underscoring the global ...

It's Take 2 for the Tokyo-based ispace, whose first lander crashed into the moon two years ago. This time, it has a rover on board with a scoop to gather up lunar dirt for study and plans to test ...

Texas-based Firefly Aerospace and Japan's iSpace will be fervently hoping they too can stick the landing – on the Moon's surface – with their respective craft. Firefly Aerospace confirmed it had ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — In a two-for-one moonshot, SpaceX launched a pair of lunar landers Wednesday for U.S. and Japanese companies looking to jumpstart business on Earth’s dusty sidekick.

That was fitting considering onboard this SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket were two lunar landers − ispace's lightweight lander known as RESILIENCE and Firefly's Blue Ghost lander, which is carrying 10 ...

Robotic vehicles from Firefly Aerospace of Texas and Ispace of Japan parted ways early Wednesday after being launched on the same SpaceX rocket. Both are aiming for the lunar surface. transcript 3 ...

Image: SpaceX Update: Wednesday, January 15, 9:10 a.m. ET: SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, carrying Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander and ispace’s Resilience lander, successfully blasted off ...

On Wednesday, a building will be launched from Cape Canaveral to be established on the moon. Not a research facility or lunar base. Not for mining or astronaut support or future lunar ...

Tokyo-based startup ispace is making its second attempt to put its lander on the moon, after a failed first mission in April 2023. The rocket carrying the lander lifted off from Kennedy Space ...