If you’d like to see what goes into making a 1/3-scale Apollo 11 Lunar Module ... an old frying pan as a concrete mold to create the lander’s “feet”. Later, a little paint makes the ...

However, all was not lost. NASA had committed to the contract and said Astrobotic could fly a mass simulator to the Moon. The ...

With no way to simulate dust in lunar gravity on Earth, researchers currently only have anecdotal data from Apollo astronauts to help understand how a larger lander might affect the lunar surface.

In addition to being the first U.S. commercial lander on the moon, Nova-C would also be the first U.S. spacecraft to land on the moon since Apollo 17’s Challenger lunar module in December 1972.

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. I cover aerospace, astronomy & hosted The Cosmic Controversy Podcast. A half-century after Apollo 11's Eagle lander kissed the Sea of ...

Related: Firefly Aerospace completes Blue Ghost moon lander for January 2025 SpaceX launch The Next Generation Lunar Retroreflector (NGLR) will reflect pulses shot from Earth-based Lunar Laser Ranging ...

One week ago, a private lunar lander left the ground on a nearly 7 ... its Artemis campaign – its first lunar program since the Apollo missions came to an end in 1972. The previous landing ...