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The two landers are expected to touch down on the surface of the moon in two and four months respectively.View on euronews

ORLANDO, Florida/TOKYO (Reuters) -Two moon landers, one from Japan's ispace and another from U.S. space firm Firefly, began their journeys into space on Wednesday with SpaceX's unusual double moonshot launch,

Early on Tuesday morning (Jan. 15), a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sent Blue Ghost and Resilience — lunar landers built by Firefly Aerospace and the Tokyo-based company ispace, respectively — into the final frontier from Florida's Space Coast.

SpaceX launches lunar landers for U.S. and Japanese companies, aiming to advance lunar exploration and research.

SpaceX later confirmed deployment of the two ... lander and the second attempt for the Resilience lander. Advertisement Tokyo-based ispace is also sending its Tenacious micro rover to the moon ...