Kelly Kizer Whitt - New lunar lander Athena launches to the moon:

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She's a beauty! Plus the Seven Planet Parade across the sky and another SpaceX launch Friday night.

Space is on full blast.

Humanity has never witnessed three lunar landers en route to the moon at the same time, and Athena is ready to rise to the occasion.

On January 15, 2025, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost and Japan’s ispace RESILIENCE lunar landers into space from Florida. Blue Ghost should arrive at the moon on March 2, 2025. Meanwhile, it should take Athena about one week to reach the moon. Its landing date is March 6, 2025. Also, RESILIENCE should reach the moon in May.

The astronauts returned to Earth. 😊 Smiling for their safety.