Firefly's "Blue Moon" and ispace's "Resilience" are the latest in an ongoing push to gain private-sector experience exploring the moon.

The launch comes as NASA aims to put a human on the moon again before the end of the decade - something last achieved in 1972.

Blue Ghost’s Moon mission, launched by SpaceX, is set to revolutionize lunar exploration and offer Earth valuable lessons from space. At 1:11 a.m. EST on SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket carrying Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander.

SpaceX is ramping up for a mid-week launch of NASA’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 from Kennedy Space Center, according to a news release.

According to SpaceX's official statement, the Blue Ghost lander will start its nearly 45-day journey to the Moon once it is deployed into a lunar transfer orbit.

SpaceX launched its first flight of 2025, sending a Falcon 9 rocket into space with a Thuraya 4 satellite from Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 40 in Florida.

The SpaceX rocket sent Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander into space. It is expected to arrive on the Moon in about 45 days.

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