Updated Jan. 8, 2024 9:21 am ET

A powerful rocket developed by a Boeing-and-Lockheed Martin-owned company blasted off for the first time early Monday, the vehicle’s inaugural flight after years of delays. 

Called Vulcan Centaur, the 202-foot-tall rocket lifted off under a trail of flames at 2:18 a.m. ET from a Florida launchpad, powering an American moon lander, called Peregrine, into space, where it is designed to journey to the lunar surface. That uncrewed vehicle could try to land on the moon next month, potentially becoming the first U.S. device to visit the lunar surface in more than five decades.

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