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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 with SpaceX's unusual double moonshot launch, underscoring the global rush to examine the lunar surface.

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, lifted off on Wednesday from Florida on a

SpaceX later confirmed deployment of the two ... lander and the second attempt for the Resilience lander. Advertisement Tokyo-based ispace is also sending its Tenacious micro rover to the moon ...

SpaceX launched two lunar landers for US and Japanese companies to the moon. Tokyo-based ispace's lander, Resilience, and Texas-based Firefly Aerospace's lander, Blue Ghost, share the same rocket to save costs.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blared toward space Wednesday ... s cargo bay is a 7.5-foot-tall (2.3-meter-tall) lunar lander from Tokyo-based Ispace. Wednesday’s launch kicked off the company ...

Lunar landers built by US and Japanese companies are poised to “rideshare” to the Moon, showcasing the private