US company Firefly Aerospace said Tuesday it is aiming to launch a lander to the moon next week under an experimental NASA program that partners with the commercial sector to reduce costs.

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US company Firefly Aerospace to launch for moon next week

U.S. company Firefly Aerospace said Tuesday it is aiming to launch a lander to the Moon next week under an experimental NASA program that partners with the commercial sector to reduce costs.If successful, it would mark only the second time an American robot has touched down on the lunar surface since the end of the Apollo era. "Buckle up! Our road trip to the Moon is set to launch at 1:11 a.m. EST on Wednesday, Jan. 15, aboard a @SpaceX Falcon 9…

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U.S. company Firefly Aerospace to launch for Moon next week

Another private company will attempt a landing on the moon. It's set to launch next week.

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Firefly Aerospace to launch its first mission to the moon next week

The company Firefly Aerospace will send a device to the Moon in mid-January in the hope of replicating the success of last year of one of its colleagues.

La société Firefly Aerospace va envoyer mi-janvier un engin vers la Lune dans l’espoir de reproduire le succès de l’an passé de l’une de ses consœurs.

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An American private lander soon on his way to the Moon

US company Firefly Aerospace said Tuesday it is aiming to launch a lander to the Moon next week under an experimental NASA program that partners with the commercial sector to reduce costs. Firefly Aerospace was awarded a $93 million contract in 2021 under NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative.

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Despite the delay of NASA's Artemis mission to our satellite, the coming year promises to be a rich year in the space field, with a plethora of exploration and observation projects, of which here is a selectionThe return of human beings to the Moon is not going to happen anytime soon. Scheduled for this year, NASA's Artemis 3 mission, the first manned lunar mission in half a century, has been postponed to September 2026, for security reasons. Th…

Malgré le report de la mission Artemis de la NASA à destination de notre satellite, l’année qui arrive s’annonce riche dans le domaine spatial, avec plethore de projets d’exploration et d’observation, dont voici une sélectionLe retour des êtres humains sur la Lune, ce n’est pas pour tout de suite. Prévue cette année, la mission Artemis 3 de la NASA, première mission lunaire habitée depuis un demi-siècle, a été reportée à septembre 2026, pour des…

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Inside of the Electrostatics and Surface Physics Laboratory at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, an electrodynamic dust shield (EDS) is in view on Jan. 18, 2023. The dust shield is one of the payloads that will fly aboard Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative. NASA/Cory Huston Defeating dust may be a small concern for most people on Earth, but for astronauts and sp…

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Electrodynamic Dust Shield Heading to Moon on Firefly Lander

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Texas-based Firefly Aerospace is preparing to launch its lunar lander, Blue Ghost, next week as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative. The mission, set to lift off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on January 15 at 1:11 a.m. EST, will deliver scientific equipment to Mons Latreille, a volcanic feature in the Mare Crisium region of the Moon. If successful, this will be the second American robotic lunar landing since the …

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Firefly Aerospace to Launch Moon Lander Next Week

US company Firefly Aerospace said Tuesday it is aiming to launch a lander to the moon next week under an experimental NASA program that partners with the commercial sector to reduce costs. If successful, it would mark only the second time an American robot has touched down on the lunar surface since the end of the Apollo era. “Buckle up! Our road trip to the moon is set to launch at 1:11 a.m. EST on Wednesday, Jan. 15, aboard a @SpaceX Falcon 9 …

US company Firefly Aerospace to launch for moon next week

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