45 days until the moon - Firefly Aerospace launch a success

Blue Ghost Mission 1: Lunar Lander Fully Assembled (Credit: Firefly Aerospace)

CAPE CANVERAL, FL (KXAN) - Blue Ghost One is now orbiting Earth. Launching at 1:11 a.m. EST, a SpaceX rocket carried the Cedar Park-built lunar lander into space. Its eventual destination: the moon.

The 45-day journey from the Earth to the Moon carries with it multiple scientific instruments as part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative.

The lunar lander will spend 25 days in orbit around the Earth.