Double moon mission! SpaceX to launch 2 private lunar landers in January

A person in a white coat, a mask and blue hairnet inspects a large black-and-gold spacecraft inside a white clean room.

Two private moon landers will take flight on the same SpaceX rocket next month, if all goes according to plan.

The Japanese company ispace announced on Tuesday night (Dec. 17) that its second-ever moon mission will launch on the same Falcon 9 rocket that will loft Blue Ghost, a lunar lander built by Texas-based Firefly Aerospace.