While Planet Earth is teeming with geopolitical activity, three different groups of men and women are engaged in an Odyssey that is to take their spacecrafts to the surface of the Moon.
It’s definitely a big moment in the human race’s spaceflight saga.
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket was launched on Thursday (Feb. 27), carrying Intuitive Machines’ ‘Athena’ spacecraft, so now there are three different private lunar landers currently on their way to the moon.
It’s an unprecedented surge in exploration, with the three missions operated by private companies.
Space reported:
There are other two private landers heading for the moon’s surface — Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost and Japan’s Resilience, built by ispace. They were both launched atop the same SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Jan. 15.
Japanese Resilience is taking a circuitous route and is only expected to reach lunar orbit in late May or early June.
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