Here’s the secret to how Firefly was able to nail its first lunar landing
The Blue Ghost spacecraft, named for a species of firefly, took eclipse chasing to new heights. Not only did it see the Earth block the Sun from an unexplored location on the Moon, but the lander fell ...
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Moonshot goes sideways as Intuitive Machines' second lunar lander seemingly falls over
Space is hard. Hopefully not so hard the three rovers on this spaceship are lost For the second time this week, a privately ...
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Moon Lander’s Journey to Lunar Surface Ends With Uncertainty
like the design of the Intuitive Machines’ lunar landers. The company’s first lander, Odysseus, tipped over when it landed while moving too fast horizontally along a 12-degree slope in ...
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Private US Lander's Moon Mission Ends After Spacecraft Tips Over
Houston-based Intuitive Machines (IM) had hoped to make history with Athena, a hexagonal lander ... on the lunar surface.