Lunar lander snaps mesmerizing views of a solar eclipse
Its primary objective following the March 2 touchdown inside Mare Crisium crater was to deliver 10 NASA instruments designed to gather lunar subsurface data. But the eastern edge of the moon’s near east side also provided a perfect spot for viewing a solar eclipse from the moon’s point of view.
An American commercial company became the first to stick a perfect moon landing early Sunday when Firefly Aerospace sent its Blue Ghost lander down to the surface.
Intuitive Machines, a Houston company aiming to repeat a 2024 landing, said its spacecraft, Athena, has power and is communicating but may not be upright. It is unclear how that might impact the ...
Firefly Aerospace landed a craft safely last week, a first for a private company. But Intuitive Machines’ mission ended when its lander wound up on its side in a crater.
Godspeed, Odysseus! The six-legged robotic spacecraft could become the first American vehicle to land on the moon since ...
Neither company has revealed the terms of the agreement. Astrobotic famously attempted to send its Peregrine lander to the moon a year ago, an endeavor that ultimately failed. The story of VIPER ...
This mission is the fourth for the CLPS program overall. Astrobotic’s Peregrine lander launched in January 2024 but suffered a problem with its propulsion system hours after launch, preventing ...
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