The payloads will be delivered to the moon via a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket being launched at 1:11 a.m. Eastern time (12:11 a.m. Central time) from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. From there, the lander will spend 45 days in space before landing on the Moon's surface to conduct its research.

A SpaceX mission lifted off early Wednesday marking a first for Firefly Aerospace under NASA’s plans to build up American companies to support its lunar goals. A Falcon 9 lifted off at 1:11 a.m. from KSC’s Launch Pad 39-A carrying the Cedar Park,