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SpaceX Rocket Will Launch Another Private Lunar Lander Today—Here’s How To Watch
SpaceX will launch Intuitive Machine’s Athena lunar lander toward the moon’s south pole on Wednesday, marking the latest mission by Intuitive Machine to explore the moon’s surface after completing the first-ever lunar landing by a private company last year.
Watch live from the moon: Second US lunar lander in a week to touch down Thursday
There is a robotic moon landing happening Thursday. If this feels like déjà vu, it's because a separate lunar lander successfully touched down there just five days ago.
Private lunar lander may have fallen over while touching down near the moon's south pole
A privately owned lunar lander touched down on the moon with a drill, drone and rovers for NASA and other customers Thursday, but quickly ran into trouble and may have fallen over. Intuitive Machines said it was uncertain whether its Athena lander was upright near the moon’s south pole — standing 15 feet (4.
Private Lunar Lander Touches Down on the Moon, but Its Condition Is Unknown
The last time Intuitive Machines landed a spacecraft on the moon, a year ago, it ended up sideways. The company's newest Athena lander dropped out of lunar orbit as planned, carrying an ice drill, a drone and two rovers.
Intuitive Machines' Moon Lander Runs Out of Energy After Botched Touchdown
A photo confirms that Athena landed on its side and meets the same fate as Odysseus, which also failed to land correctly on the Moon and ran out of energy.
Factbox-Moonshot: Two lunar landings in one week boost interest in space startups
(Reuters) -Two moon landings in less than a week have once again turned the spotlight on space startups as NASA leans on private companies to send scientific payloads to the lunar surface at a lower cost before the U.
Intuitive Machines' Athena Lander Closing in on Lunar Touchdown Site
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Launch Complex-39A carrying the Nova-C lunar lander Athena as part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload initiative from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida,
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1st American robotic lunar rover set to land on the moon today
Colorado-based company Lunar Outpost's MAPP rover is poised to land today (March 6) near the lunar south pole aboard the ...
Lunar Eclipse on Pi Day this week
A lunar eclipse will happen Pi Day March 14. The full moon will feature a reddish glow for this celestial event.
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Intuitive Machines' second moon lander touches down but could be on its side – again
There is a robotic moon landing happening Thursday. If this feels like déjà vu, it's because a separate lunar lander ...
Intuitive Machines’ Athena lander is on the moon’s surface but its status is unclear
The Athena lander, built by Texas-based company Intuitive Machines, descended to the lunar surface but the orientation of the lander is currently unknown.
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Astronauts Can Now Print Metal in Space and It’s a Game Changer for Future Missions
ESA’s metal 3D printer aboard the ISS could revolutionize space exploration by enabling self-sufficient missions.
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GNSS Signals Tracked On The Moon By LuGRE
navigation and timing at the Moon. This successful demonstration makes it plausible that future lunar missions, whether in orbit or on the surface, could use Earth’s GNSS satellites to navigate ...
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Next stop: The moon
A rocket now in lunar orbit is holding some very ... students focuses on methods for curing 3D-printed materials in space, including using microwave technology. “Here we aren’t trying to get rid ...
19 Space Companies to Watch as They Shoot for the Moon and Stars
Companies are landing on the moon—or trying to. These players all have exciting goals for innovation on the final frontier.