SpaceX launches NASA’s Moon landing spacecraft from Florida

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — A private company is attempting to send another lander to the Moon.

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The mission started Thursday morning with a launch from Florida’s Space Coast.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the lunar lander from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

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The spacecraft left the pad around 1 a.m.

The rocket sent a lander for Intuitive Machines and now it’s on its way to the Moon.

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NASA is targeting a soft landing on the Moon’s south pole.

If successful, it would also be the first Moon landing for the U.S. in more than 50 years.

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