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SpaceX launches pair of lunar landers (7 images)

By Wade Sheridan

SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying two lunar landers from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday. The rocket carried Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost and ispace's Resilience to the moon.



A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches a pair of Lunar Landers from Launch Complex 39 at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on January 15, 2025. The landers were Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost and ispace's Resilience lander. Photo by Joe Marino/UPI
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The rocket was launched at 1:11 a.m. EST from Launch Complex 39A. Photo by Joe Marino/UPI
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This marked the 100th launch of a Falcon rocket from that platform, SpaceX said. Photo by Joe Marino/UPI
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Minutes after the launch, the Falcon 9's first-stage booster, on its fifth flight, successfully returned to Earth, landing upon the Just Read the Instructions droneship in the Atlantic Ocean. Photo by Joe Marino/UPI
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