lunar landing, Moon
Private spacecraft arrives on the moon but most likely didn’t stick the landing
For the second time in less than a week, a privately built U.S. spacecraft has landed on the moon, but it was not a perfect touchdown. Former NASA astronaut Mike Massimino breaks down whether the spacecraft is on the right side up and how it could continue on.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Landing a spacecraft on the moon has long been a series of hits and misses. The latest casualty ...
The Athena lander from Intuitive Machines could not charge its batteries after ending up on its side. It largely failed to ...
The latest mission, referred to as IM-2 or PRIME-1, is slated for a moon landing at 11:32 a.m. CT on March 6. Intuitive ...
If successful, Athena will be the second US-made spacecraft to land on the moon this week. Texas-based Firefly Aerospace landed its Blue Ghost on Sunday. • Athena’s target landing site is ...
Images from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, which will pass over the landing site, could pinpoint Athena’s precise location. It has been a busy week in spaceflight and on the moon.
The mission, aptly named “Ghost Riders in the Sky,” touched down in Mare Crisium, a large impact site filled with basaltic ...
The mission comes four days after another commercial space company, Firefly Aerospace, successfully landed its spacecraft on ...
The Blue Ghost touchdown kicks off two weeks of around-the-clock research by NASA science and technology payloads.
The original assumption was that commercial lunar landings would be, to use a basketball term, “shots on goal” with some of ...
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