While Intuitive Machines’ Athena lander quickly met its demise after awkwardly stumbling and ending up on its side, Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost spacecraft, which touched down just a few days ...
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. More than two months later, Intuitive Machines has completed an autopsy, pinning the anomaly on ...
Japanese lunar company ispace said work on a new engine for its lunar landers is facing delays and that it is keeping open ...
For a moment, the Soviets even appeared on their way to victory after engineers successfully achieved a soft lunar landing ...
Firefly's Blue Ghost witnessed Earth blocking out the Sun from its point of view on the Moon, while we experienced a lunar eclipse on Earth. Reading time 2 minutes Firefly’s Blue Ghost lander captured ...
The Blue Ghost lander bid farewell to the Moon by gently going into that cold lunar night. Before ending its mission on the lunar surface, Blue Ghost watched a beautiful sunset, capturing the glow of ...
Friday morning’s blood moon lunar eclipse appeared, from Earth, to turn the moon dark red. From the moon, the Earth appeared to block out the sun. The unique view was captured by Firefly’s Blue Ghost ...
Data from a NASA lunar orbiter has helped researchers deduce two potential locations for a defunct Soviet spacecraft called Luna 9 ...
An image released by Intuitive Machines showing the IM-2 lander during its descent to the surface of the moon. Credit: Intuitive Machines/NASA webcast COLORADO SPRINGS – Through government-backed ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private lunar lander is no longer working after landing sideways in a crater near the moon's south pole and its mission is over, officials said Friday. The news came less ...
The plan hinges on SpaceX being able to demonstrate that Starship can refuel in orbit. NASA awarded a contract to SpaceX now worth $4.4 billion to develop a lander capable of transporting humans to ...