Spacecraft beams back stunning moon video before ambitious landing
The 6.6-foot-tall lander, funded by NASA as part of its Commercial Lunar Payload Services program, is carrying a suite of instruments and experiments for the space agency as NASA prepares to establish a permanent presence on the moon. This includes radiation-tolerant computing tests and sampling of the lunar regolith.
Focus: Moon, planetary research, spaceflight With a fully automated, picture-perfect landing, the Blue Ghost mission touched down on the morning of 2 March 2025 Central European Time (CET) in ...
Firefly Aerospace landed a craft safely last week, a first for a private company. But Intuitive Machines’ mission ended when its lander wound up on its side in a crater.
The Blue Ghost touchdown kicks off two weeks of around-the-clock research by NASA science and technology payloads.
The lunar lander, called Blue Ghost, settled onto the Moon's surface at 2:34 am CST (3:34 am EST; 08:34 UTC). A few dozen ...
Intuitive Machine's lander toppled over inside a crater on the Moon's south pole after making its landing attempt this week.
A new golden age of lunar exploration is in full swing, and the Moon is no longer the province of global superpowers alone.
HOUSTON—Intuitive Machines’ Athena Nova-C lander touched down at Mons Mouton in the south pole region of the Moon on March 6, ...
The Houston-based company put its Athena spacecraft on the moon just after 12:30 p.m. ET. The landing site is closer to the lunar south pole than any human or vehicle has traveled before.
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