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Crater-diving hopper 'Gracie' will launch to the moon aboard private Athena lander this month
Intuitive Machines' second lunar lander will carry four mobile robots, including a hopper named Gracie, toward the moon when ...
Scientific American2d
Athena, Next U.S. Commercial Moon Lander, Is Set for Spectacular Lunar Science
In partnership with NASA, the Intuitive Machines lander Athena will send a water-seeking drill, a pogo-sticking crater probe ...
Space.com14d
Private Athena moon lander arrives in Florida ahead of SpaceX launch on Feb. 26
Related: Intuitive Machines lands on moon in nail-biting descent of private Odysseus lander, a 1st for US since 1972 Payloads aboard Athena include a drill (The Regolith and Ice Drill for ...
The New York Times1mon
Two Private Moon Landers Have Launched at Once: What to Know
Intuitive Machines placed Odysseus, its first lander, on the moon in a trip sponsored by NASA last year. It was still successfully able to contact Earth despite tipping over. By hiring private ...
autoevolution1d
NASA Will Start Drilling on the Moon as Soon as Next Month
The second Intuitive Machines mission of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program will arrive on the Moon in ...
Houston Public Media28d
Houston’s Intuitive Machines readies a second lander for a mission to the moon
This second lander is the latest in its contract to build four vehicles for NASA as part of a program in which the space agency is working with private ... of the Odysseus lunar lander from ...
Yahoo1mon
SpaceX launches 2 private lunar landers to the moon (video, photos)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — Get ready, moon: Two private landers have made it ... a successful lunar landing with its first Nova-C lander, Odysseus, in February 2024, is expected to launch its ...
Smithsonian Magazine1mon
Two Private Landers Launch on a SpaceX Rocket, Aiming to Touch Down on the Moon
This carpool to the moon is transporting Blue Ghost, a lander built ... that a private company joined their ranks: Houston-based Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus spacecraft reached the moon ...
USA Today1mon
FireFly Aerospace's Blue Ghost is on its way to the moon: What to know about NASA mission
The 14-foot-tall Nova-C the lander, nicknamed Odysseus for ... agency's Commercial Lunar Payload Services program, or CLPS. In recent years, NASA has shifted to paying private companies for ...
After a wrenching decision by NASA, private lunar lander finds a new customer
However, all was not lost. NASA had committed to the contract and said Astrobotic could fly a mass simulator to the Moon. The ...
Tyler Morning Telegraph1mon
Private US, Japanese lunar landers launch on single rocket
One rocket, two missions: lunar landers ... Machines' Odysseus landed in April 2024, it tipped over, limiting the investigations it could perform. Similarly, Japan's SLIM lander, which touched ...
Yahoo News14d
Private Athena moon lander arrives in Florida ahead of SpaceX launch on Feb. 26
Related: Intuitive Machines lands on moon in nail-biting descent of private Odysseus lander, a 1st for US since 1972 Payloads aboard Athena include a drill (The Regolith and Ice Drill for Exploring ...