First Commercial Robotic Lunar Landing Mission To Launch From Canaveral This Coming Week...

To be fair, it will reach orbit using a Musk / SpaceX rocket. [There. I said it.]

But from there on, it will be Firefly and NASA -- to attempt the first commercial robotic lunar launch (a mission that a Japanese firm failed to complete without a hard landing, in April of 2023).

Here's the latest -- good luck, to them all!

. . .Carrying NASA science and technology to the Moon as part of the agency’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign, Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 is targeting launch Wednesday, Jan. 15.

The mission will lift off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. . . .

After the launch, Firefly’s Blue Ghost lander will spend approximately 45 days in transit to the Moon before landing on the lunar surface in early March. The lander will carry 10 NASA science investigations to further our understanding of the Moon’s environment and help prepare for future human missions to the lunar surface, as part of the agency’s Moon to Mars exploration approach. . . .

Now you know. Onward, into the chilly sunshine, with Rudy in contempt in DC -- his second in a week's time. Hilarious!

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