Firefly Aerospace's first mission to the moon is poised to launch in the early morning hours on Jan. 15. The company's Blue Ghost lunar lander is sharing a payload bay with another mission to the moon's surface,

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost Mission 1 is targeting launch early Wednesday morning carrying 10 NASA investigations to the moon's surface.

SpaceX officials plan to launch the Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost and ispace Resilience landers during the overnight hours Wednesday with a backup launch scheduled early Thursday morning.