SpaceX, lunar lander and Cedar Park

Texas-based Firefly's lunar lander among 2 headed to moon after being launched by SpaceX
Frank Sinatra once crooned, "Fly me to the moon. Let me play among the stars," and for two companies, including one here in Texas, SpaceX granted that wish.
Cedar Park's Firefly Aerospace successfully gets lunar lander into space
The Blue Ghost Lunar Lander soared out of the Florida coastline and into space, shining as bright as a Central Texas firefly in the summertime. "It's an incredible privilege, and it's hard to fully understand the extent of that impact," said Kevin Scholtes, the future systems architect at Firefly Aerospace.
Lunar lander designed by Cedar Park-based company completes successful first burn
Cedar Park-based Firefly Aerospace says that "Blue Ghost" has successfully completed its first burn. This means that they used the engines and thrusters to change the spacecraft's speed and direction, moving its orbit closer to the Earth for the next step of its mission.
Firefly Aerospace's, NASA successfully launch Blue Ghost lunar lander to moon
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander launched at 1:11 a.m. Wednesday from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on the SpaceX rocket before separating an hour later. The lunar lander — part of a mission known as Blue Ghost Mission 1 or Ghost Riders in the Sky — will spend 45 days in orbit and 14 days on the surface of the moon.
Blue Ghost Lunar Lander headed to space
A company out of Cedar Park launched a spacecraft on the SpaceX Falcon 9 on Wednesday.
US: SpaceX Launches Two Private Moon Landers
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SpaceX launches two moon landers — one built in Texas — on Wednesday morning
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