Sunday's launch will clock in as the 20th orbital rocket launch of 2025 from the Space Force installation and NASA's neighboring Kennedy Space Center.

SpaceX is targeting a late Wednesday night launch of a Falcon 9 rocket carrying Starlink internet satellites to low Earth orbit.

The rocket carried a lunar lander named Athena which will reach the Moon in about a week. Once there, it will measure gases from the lunar soil near the Moon's south pole. The Artemis mission's stated long-term goal is to establish a permanent base on the Moon.