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2 Private Lunar Landers From US And Japan Blast Off On A SpaceX Rocket
The Morning Standard
|January 16, 2025
In a two-for-one moonshot, SpaceX launched a pair of lunar landers Wednesday for US and Japanese companies looking to jumpstart business on Earth's dusty sidekick.
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The two landers rocketed away in the middle of the night from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, the latest in a stream of private spacecraft aiming for the moon. They shared the ride to save money but parted company an hour into the flight exactly as planned, taking separate roundabout routes for the monthslong journey.
This story is from the January 16, 2025 edition of The Morning Standard.
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