
Happening now. A SpaceX Falcon 9 is launching not one, but two small lunar landers!
SpaceX stream is here:
https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1djGXrNyMPPxZ
1. Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost lander
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefly_Ae...Blue_Ghost
2. Japan's ISpace Hakuto-R mission 2 lander
This is ISpace's second attempt to land their Hakuto-R lander on the Moon. The first failed, see the thread below
https://www.scivillage.com/thread-13302.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakuto-R_Mission_2
nsNS
Appeared to be a good Falcon 9 launch - booster landed fine.
Now the landers will slowly raise their orbits until they are captured by the Moon's gravity
SpaceX stream is here:
https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1djGXrNyMPPxZ
1. Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost lander
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefly_Ae...Blue_Ghost
2. Japan's ISpace Hakuto-R mission 2 lander
This is ISpace's second attempt to land their Hakuto-R lander on the Moon. The first failed, see the thread below
https://www.scivillage.com/thread-13302.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakuto-R_Mission_2
nsNS
Appeared to be a good Falcon 9 launch - booster landed fine.
Now the landers will slowly raise their orbits until they are captured by the Moon's gravity