Night launch!!! Liftoff scheduled for about an hour from now......
Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket carrying Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander. Also hitching a ride on the Falcon 9 is Japan-based ispace’s Resilience lander. Liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center is scheduled for 1:11 a.m. EST (0611 UTC) on Wednesday, January 15. The first-stage booster, making its 5th flight, will land on SpaceX's drone ship 'Just Read the Instructions', stationed in the Atlantic Ocean, a little more than eight and a half minutes after leaving the launch pad. The mission will take a south-easterly trajectory on departure from Florida's Space Coast. It will carry 10 science payloads from NASA as part of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program. The ‘Ghost Riders in the Sky’ mission will target a landing at Mare Crisium, near Mons Latreille, in early March. The Resilience lander will take between four and five months before making its landing attempt near the center of Mare Frigoris. It carries a number of payloads, including the Tenacious micro rover."]Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket carrying Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander. Also hitching a ride on the Falcon 9 is Japan-based ispace’s Resilience lander. Liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center is scheduled for 1:11 a.m. EST (0611 UTC) on Wednesday, January 15. The first-stage booster, making its 5th flight, will land on SpaceX's drone ship 'Just Read the Instructions', stationed in the Atlantic Ocean, a little more than eight and a half minutes after leaving the launch pad. The mission will take a south-easterly trajectory on departure from Florida's Space Coast. It will carry 10 science payloads from NASA as part of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program. The ‘Ghost Riders in the Sky’ mission will target a landing at Mare Crisium, near Mons Latreille, in early March. The Resilience lander will take between four and five months before making its landing attempt near the center of Mare Frigoris. It carries a number of payloads, including the Tenacious micro rover.