The Moon is the place to be right now.
Firefly AerospacesBlue Ghostlander and ispaces Resilience lander are set to journey to the Moon aboard SpaceXs Falcon 9 rocket.
The rocket will launch during a six-day window in mid-January.
An illustration of the Blue Ghost mission on the surface of the Moon.Firefly Aerospace
The basalts in Mare Crisium are between 2.5 to 3.3 billion years old, according toNASA.
The lander will operate for about seven hours into the night on the Moon.
Tokyo-based startup ispace is preparing for its ownmissionto the Moon.
This marks ispaces second attempt to land on the lunar surface, following a less-than-successful first try.
The Japanese startups first mission to the Moon took around four and a half months to reach the surface.
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