By Joey Roulette and Kantaro Komiya 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 ...

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Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander and ispace's Resilience lander were launched to the moon aboard a SpaceX rocket. The mission marks a significant step in the global competition to explore the ...

That was fitting considering onboard this SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket were two lunar landers − ispace's lightweight lander known as ... of drop testing – which looks at just what the lander can handle in ...

Japan's Ispace, US's Firefly Launch Commercial Moon ... They will not survive the frigid lunar nighttime where temperatures can plunge to roughly minus 200 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 128 Celsius).